Rossmaessleria

Rossmaessleria is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.

Rossmaessleria
Shell of Rossmaessleria sultana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Otalini
Genus:	Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907

Distribution

This genus of snail is native to northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe.

Anatomy

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

Species

Species within the genus Rossmaessleria include:

• Rossmaessleria boettgeri (Kobelt, 1881)
• Rossmaessleria galindoae Torres & Ahuir Galindo, 2011
• Rossmaessleria homadensis (Rutllant, 1974)
• Rossmaessleria keltiensis Galindo, 2017
• Rossmaessleria kucerai Galindo, 2017
• Rossmaessleria marocana Galindo, 2017
• Rossmaessleria scherzeri (L. Pfeiffer & Zelebor, 1867)
• Rossmaessleria sicanoides (Kobelt, 1881)
• Rossmaessleria subcabriuscula (Böttger)
• Rossmaessleria sultana (P.M.A. Morelet, 1880)
• Rossmaessleria tetuanensis (Kobelt)
• Rossmaessleria tistutensis (Rutllant)
• Rossmaessleria weberi (Kobelt, 1881)

Species brought into synonymy

• Rossmaessleria anticana Pallary, 1928: synonym of Rossmaessleria scherzeri fichtalana (Pallary, 1919) (original combination)
• Rossmaessleria vondeli Pallary, 1928: synonym of Loxana beaumieri (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.