Xerarionta
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Xerarionta is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae
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Snails of species within this genus create and use love darts during mating.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae
Helminthoglyptidae
The Helminthoglyptidae are a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is a large and diverse group of new world snails, ranging in distribution from Alaska through North America to the West Indies, Central America, and as far...
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Snails of species within this genus create and use love darts during mating.
Species within the genus Xerarionta
- Xerarionta kellettiiXerarionta kellettiiXerarionta kelletii, common name the Catalina cactus snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.-Anatomy:Snails in this species create and use love darts during mating....
- Catalina cactus snail - Xerarionta intercisa - plain cactus snailPlain cactus snailThe plain cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta intercisa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is endemic to the United States.-Source:...
- Xerarionta redimita - wreathed cactus snailWreathed cactus snailThe Wreathed cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta redimita, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is endemic to the United States....
- Xerarionta stearnsiana - speckled cactus snail
- Xerarionta tryoni - bicolor cactus snailBicolor cactus snailThe bicolor cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta tryoni, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.-References:...