Monadenia
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| Monadenia fidelis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Subfamily: | Monadeniinae |
| Genus: | Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895[1] |
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Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae.[2]
These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Monadenia include:
- † Monadenia antecedens (Stearns, 1900)
- Monadenia callipeplus S.S. Berry, 1940
- Monadenia chaceana S.S. Berry, 1940
- Monadenia churchi Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
- Monadenia circumcarinata (Stearns, 1879) - keeled sideband
- Monadenia cristulata S.S. Berry, 1940
- † Monadenia dubiosa (Stearns, 1902)
- Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834)
- Monadenia infumata (Gould, 1855)
- † Monadenia marginicola (Conrad, 1871)
- Monadenia mariposa A.G. Smith, 1957
- Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
- Monadenia mormonum (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Monadenia tuolumneana S.S. Berry, 1955
- Monadenia yosemitensis (H.N. Lowe, 1916)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
- Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)
- Monadenia setosaTalmadge, 1952 - Trinity bristle snail: synonym of Monadenia infumata setosa Talmadge, 1952
- Monadenia troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 - shasta sideband: synonym of Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
References[edit]
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- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995491 on 2021-02-25
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017