Monadenia

This article is about the snail genus. For the genus of flowering plant, see Monadenia (plant).
Monadenia
Monadenia fidelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Monadeniidae
Genus: Monadenia
Pilsbry, 1895[1]


Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae.

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

Species

Species within the genus Monadenia include:

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
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