Marmorana
Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.
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| Marmorana sicana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Murellini |
| Genus: | Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844[1] |
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Anatomy
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Love dart of Marmorana serpentina
Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula
Taxonomy
Marmorana is paraphyletic.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Marmorana include:[3][4]
- Marmorana fuscolabiata
- Marmorana globularis
- Marmorana melitensis
- Marmorana muralis
- Marmorana nebrodensis
- Marmorana platychela
- Marmorana saxetana
- Marmorana scabriuscula
- Marmorana serpentina - type species
- Marmorana sicana
- Marmorana signata
References
- Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
- Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The Marmorana–Tyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
- Taxonomy and species list
- Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.
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