''Monadenia'' 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 in the subfamily Monadeniinae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995491 on 2021-02-25]
These
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 ...
,
terrestrial molluscs belong to the
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 ...
class.
Snails in this genus create and use
love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monadenia'' include:
* † ''
Monadenia antecedens
''Monadenia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
''
(Stearns, 1900)
* ''
Monadenia callipeplus''
S.S. Berry, 1940
* ''
Monadenia chaceana''
S.S. Berry, 1940
* ''
Monadenia churchi''
Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
* ''
Monadenia circumcarinata''
(Stearns, 1879) -
keeled sideband
* ''
Monadenia cristulata''
S.S. Berry, 1940
* † ''
Monadenia dubiosa''
(Stearns, 1902)
* ''
Monadenia fidelis
''Monadenia fidelis'', commonly known as the Pacific sideband, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail. ''M. fidelis'' is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae.
These snails display a great deal ...
''
(J. E. Gray, 1834)
* ''
Monadenia infumata''
(Gould, 1855)
* † ''
Monadenia marginicola''
(Conrad, 1871)
* ''
Monadenia mariposa''
A.G. Smith, 1957
* ''
Monadenia marmarotis''
S.S. Berry, 1940
* ''
Monadenia mormonum''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Monadenia tuolumneana''
S.S. Berry, 1955
* ''
Monadenia yosemitensis''
(H.N. Lowe, 1916)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Monadenia rotifer''
S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of ''Monadenia marmarotis''
S.S. Berry, 1940
* ''Monadenia semialba''
Henderson, 1929: synonym of ''Monadenia fidelis fidelis''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''
Monadenia setosa''Talmadge, 1952 -
Trinity bristle snail
The Trinity bristle snail (''Monadenia setosa'') is a species of medium-sized land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Monadeniidae.
Description
The Trinity bristle snail attains a body length of approximately 2.5 ...
: synonym of ''Monadenia infumata setosa''
Talmadge, 1952
* ''Monadenia troglodytes''
Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 -
shasta sideband: synonym of ''Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes''
Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Monadeniidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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