Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Marmorana |
| Species: | M. serpentina
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| Marmorana serpentina (Férussac, 1821)
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- Subspecies
- Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
- Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
- Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
- Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
- Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)
Distribution
editThis species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.
Anatomy
editThis snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049685 on 2021-06-24
- Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII [Part 1 pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857 [sic]); Part 2 pp. 53–116 (1857); Part 3 pp. 117–180 (1859); Part 4 pp. 181–248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile).
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
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- Marmorana serpentina at AnimalBase
- Images of live animal and shells
- Crosse H. & Debeaux O. (1869). Description de deux Hélices nouvelles de Corse. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(1): 51-55
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