Bradybaena[2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]

Bradybaena
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)
Type species
Helix similaris
Férussac, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Bradybaena (Bradybaena) H. Beck, 1837
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998
  • Eulota (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891
  • Eulotella E. von Martens, 1891
  • Helix (Bradybaena) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Helix (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

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This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Bradybaena alaica Kuznetsov, 1998: synonym of Fruticicola alaica (Kuznetsov, 1998) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena boevi Uvalieva, 1967: synonym of Fruticicola boevi (Uvalieva, 1967) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena hirsuta Matiokon, 1966: synonym of Ponsadenia hirsuta (Matiokin, 1966) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena changchunensis X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017 : synonym of Bradybaena virgo (Pilsbry, 1927)
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998: accepted as Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818138 on 2020-06-19
  2. ^ AnimalBase Göttingen: Genus summary for Bradybaena
  • Schileyko, A. A. & Kuznetsov, A. G. (1998). Land snails of the genus Landouria Godwin-Austen, 1918 and some other Bradybaenidae of Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Ruthenica. 8(1): 43-54
  • Thach N.N., 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp
  • Zhang, G. (2019). Three new synonyms among Chinese camaenid snails (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). Folia Malacologica 27(1): 75-77
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