Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Xerosecta
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xerosecta
Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix explanata
O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · (superseded generic combination)
  • Cernuella (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helicella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helix (Jacosta) Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on Index)
  • Jacosta Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on the Official...)
  • Polloneria Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1939 · (homonym: non Clausilia...)
  • Polloneriella Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 ·
  • Xerambigua Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromoesta Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xerosecta (Polloneriella) Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation

Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

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Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  2. ^ WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
  3. ^ University of Michigan: Invert E Base
  • Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. 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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