''Xerosecta'' is a
genus of small, 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
Helicellinae of the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Snails in this genus create and use
love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus ''Xerosecta'' include:
* ''
Xerosecta adolfi''
L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Xerosecta arigonis''
(A. Schmidt, 1853)
* ''
Xerosecta brachyflagellata''
De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
* ''
Xerosecta cespitum
''Xerosecta cespitum'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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(Draparnaud, 1801)
* ''
Xerosecta contermina''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
* ''
Xerosecta conspurcata''
* ''
Xerosecta dohrni''
(Paulucci, 1882)
* ''
Xerosecta explanata''
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''
Xerosecta giustii''
Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
* ''
Xerosecta hillyeriana''
* ''
Xerosecta introducta''
(A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
* ''
Xerosecta leptocolpata
''Xerosecta'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of sma ...
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(P.M. Pallary, 1923) WMSDB: ''Xerosecta leptocolpata''
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* '' Xerosecta promissa'' (Westerlund, 1892)
* '' Xerosecta reboundiana'' (Bourguignat, 1863)
* '' Xerosecta sandaliotica'' De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
* '' Xerosecta terverii'' (Michaud, 1831)
* '' Xerosecta vaucheri''
* '' Xerosecta pharussica''
;Synonyms
* ''Xerosecta orientalis'' Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of '' Kalitinaia orientalis'' (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)
File:Xerosecta arnaizi 01.JPG, Xerosecta arnaizi
File:Xerosecta bodsonae 01.jpg, Xerosecta bodsonae
File:Xerosecta brunoti 01.JPG, Xerosecta brunoti
File:Xerosecta castriesi 01.JPG, Xerosecta castriesi
File:Xerosecta cespitum 01.jpg, Xerosecta cespitum
File:Xerosecta edrissiana 01.JPG, Xerosecta edrissiana
File:Xerosecta_explanata_01.JPG, Xerosecta explanata
File:Xerosecta globuloidea 01.JPG, Xerosecta globuloidea
File:Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca 01.JPG, Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca
File:Xerosecta pharussica alba 01.JPG, Xerosecta pharussica alba
File:Xerosecta pharussica minor 01.JPG, Xerosecta pharussica minor
File:Xerosecta submoesta 03.JPG, Xerosecta submoesta (white form)
File:Xerosecta submoesta 02.JPG, Xerosecta submoesta (banded form)
File:Xerosecta submoesta 01.JPG, Xerosecta submoesta (brown form)
File:Xerosecta vaucheri 01.JPG, Xerosecta vaucheri
References
* Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149-152. Frankfurt am Main
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
* Species list at
* Taxonomy and a good shell image at
* Excellent info at
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1-34
Geomitridae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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