''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996444 on 2021-06-24

Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. File:Marmorana serpentina dart.jpg, Love dart of '' Marmorana serpentina'' File:Marmorana scabriuscula dart.jpg, Love dart of '' Marmorana scabriuscula''

Taxonomy

''Marmorana'' is

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Species

Species within the genus ''Marmorana'' include:''Species in genus Marmorana''
AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009. *'' Marmorana fuscolabiata'' (Rossmässler, 1842) *'' Marmorana globularis'' (Philippi, 1836) * † '' Marmorana majoris'' (De Stefani, 1880) *'' Marmorana melitensis'' (A. Férussac, 1821) *''

Marmorana muralis ''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) *'' Marmorana nebrodensis'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) *''

Marmorana platychela ''Marmorana platychela'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae. Distribution This species lives in north-western Sicily (List of non-marine molluscs of Ita ...

'' (Menke, 1830) * † ''

Marmorana sabina ''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World ...

'' (Tuccimei, 1889) *''

Marmorana saxetana ''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World ...

'' (Paulucci, 1886) *'' Marmorana scabriuscula'' (Deshayes, 1832) *'' Marmorana serpentina'' (A. Férussac, 1821) - type species *''

Marmorana sicana ''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World ...

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Marmorana signata ''Marmorana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. ...

'' (A. Férussac, 1821)

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017. Helicidae Gastropod genera {{Helicidae-stub