Monachoides
| Monachoides | |
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| Monachoides incarnatus | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Monachoides |
Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Monachoides include:
- Monachoides bacescui (Grossu, 1979)
- Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914)
- Monachoides incarnatus (Müller, 1774) - the type species, sometimes the adjectival species name is treated as if the genus name had a feminine gender: Monarchoides incarnata
- Monachoides kosovensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992)
- Monachoides taraensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992)
- Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)
References
- ^ Gude G. K. & Woodward B. B. (1921). "Some emendations to their recent paper "On Helicella, Férussac."". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(48): 624-626. page 625.
External links
- Monachoides. Uniprot Taxonomy.
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