Zenobiellina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Zenobiellina [Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018 |
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Species in this genus of snail create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Zenobiellina include:
- Zenobiellina graminicola Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018
- Zenobiellina subrufescens (J. S. Miller, 1822)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Zenobiellina Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1377652 on 2021-02-15
- Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A. (2018). A new genus Zenobiellina for Helix subrufescens Miller, 1822 (Hygromiidae), with description of a new congeneric species from northern Spain. Iberus. 36 (2): 133–147.
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