Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, 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 <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1854)</small>
- Xerosecta arigonis <small>(A. Schmidt, 1853)</small>
- Xerosecta brachyflagellata <small>De Mattia & Mascia, 2014</small>
- Xerosecta cespitum <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small>
- Xerosecta contermina <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1848)</small>
- Xerosecta dohrni <small>(Paulucci, 1882)</small>
- Xerosecta explanata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>
- Xerosecta giustii <small>Manganelli & Favilli, 1996</small>
- Xerosecta introducta <small>(A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)</small>
- Xerosecta leptocolpata <small>(P.M. Pallary, 1923)</small>
- Xerosecta pharussica <small>(P.M. Pallary, 1926)</small>
- Xerosecta promissa <small>(Westerlund, 1892)</small>
- Xerosecta reboundiana <small>(Bourguignat, 1863)</small>
- Xerosecta sandaliotica <small>De Mattia & Mascia, 2014</small>
- Xerosecta terverii <small>(Michaud, 1831)</small>
- Xerosecta vaucheri <small>(P.M. Pallary, 1901)</small>
Synonyms:
- Xerosecta gvozdevi <small>Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995</small>: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi <small>(Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995)</small> (superseded combination, basionym)
- Xerosecta hillyeriana <small>(M. Paulucci, 1882)</small>: synonym of Xerosecta dohrni <small>(Paulucci, 1882)</small>
- Xerosecta orientalis <small>Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995</small>: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis <small>(Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995)</small> (original combination)
References
- Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149âÂÂ152. Frankfurt am Main
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
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