Monadenia

Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Monadeniidae. These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.

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
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Monadeniidae
Genus: Monadenia
Pilsbry, 1895[1]

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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