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Bradybaena

Bradybaena is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Camaenidae.

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Bradybaena alaica <small>Kuznetsov, 1998</small>: synonym of Fruticicola alaica <small>(Kuznetsov, 1998)</small> (original combination)
  • Bradybaena boevi <small>Uvalieva, 1967</small>: synonym of Fruticicola boevi <small>(Uvalieva, 1967)</small> (original combination)
  • Bradybaena hirsuta <small>Matiokon, 1966</small>: synonym of Ponsadenia hirsuta <small>(Matiokin, 1966)</small> (original combination)
  • Bradybaena changchunensis <small>X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017</small> : synonym of Bradybaena virgo <small>(Pilsbry, 1927)</small>
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis <small>Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998</small>: accepted as Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837

References

  • Schileyko, A. A. & Kuznetsov, A. G. (1998). Land snails of the genus Landouria Godwin-Austen, 1918 and some other Bradybaenidae of Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Ruthenica. 8(1): 43-54
  • Thach N.N., 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p.&nbsp;173 pp
  • Zhang, G. (2019). Three new synonyms among Chinese camaenid snails (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). Folia Malacologica 27(1): 75-77

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