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Xeromunda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Hygromiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Xeromunda

Similar
  
Zenobiella subrufescens, Xerotricha, Xerotricha apicina, Trochoidea pyramidata, Helicopsis

Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the harry snails and their allies.

Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xeromunda include:

  • Xeromunda alticola
  • Xeromunda candiota
  • Xeromunda durieui
  • Xeromunda peloponnesia
  • Xeromunda thessalica
  • Xeromunda vulgarissima

    • References

    Xeromunda Wikipedia
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