Marmorana

Marmorana
Marmorana
Marmorana platychela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Murellini
Genus: Marmorana
W. Hartmann, 1844[1]
Species

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Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.

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Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Taxonomy

Marmorana is paraphyletic.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Marmorana include[3][4]:

References

  1. ^ Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
  2. ^ Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The MarmoranaTyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
  3. ^ Taxonomy and species list: [1]
  4. ^ Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.