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Eobania
Eobania vermiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Subfamily:
Helicinae
Tribe:
Helicini
Genus:
Eobania

Hesse, 1913[1]

Eobania is a genus of large, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

Species

The genus Eobania includes the following species:

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution

This genus of snail occurs in the Mediterranean area.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hesse P. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna von Ostrumelien. II". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 45(1): 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
  2. ^ Eobania at AnimalBase. Last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes.


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