Rossmaessleria is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of 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 |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Otalini |
| Genus: | Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907 |
Distribution
editThis genus of snail is native to northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe.
Anatomy
editThese snails create and shoot love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Rossmaessleria include:
- Rossmaessleria boettgeri (Kobelt, 1881)
- Rossmaessleria galindoae Torres & Ahuir Galindo, 2011
- Rossmaessleria homadensis (Rutllant, 1974)
- Rossmaessleria keltiensis Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria kucerai Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria marocana Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria scherzeri (L. Pfeiffer & Zelebor, 1867)
- Rossmaessleria sicanoides (Kobelt, 1881)
- Rossmaessleria subcabriuscula (Böttger)
- Rossmaessleria sultana (P.M.A. Morelet, 1880)
- Rossmaessleria tetuanensis (Kobelt)
- Rossmaessleria tistutensis (Rutllant)
- Rossmaessleria weberi (Kobelt, 1881)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rossmaessleria anticana Pallary, 1928: synonym of Rossmaessleria scherzeri fichtalana (Pallary, 1919) (original combination)
- Rossmaessleria vondeli Pallary, 1928: synonym of Loxana beaumieri (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
References
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- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996441 on 2021-02-22
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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