Misplaced Pages

Monadenia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of gastropods This article is about the snail genus. For the genus of flowering plant, see Monadenia (plant).

Monadenia
Monadenia fidelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Monadeniinae
Genus: Monadenia
Pilsbry, 1895
Synonyms
  • Epiphragmophora (Monadenia) Pilsbry, 1895
  • Monadenia (Corynadenia) Berry, 1940· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monadenia (Monadenia) Pilsbry, 1895· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monadenia (Shastelix) B. Roth, 1981· accepted, alternate representation

Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae.

These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.

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

Species

Accepted names within the genus Monadenia include:

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Monadenia hillebrandi (Newcomb, 1864): synonym of Monadenia mormonum hillebrandi (Newcomb, 1864)
  • Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
  • Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
  2. "Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ "Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
Taxon identifiers
Monadenia

This Monadeniidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: