Fruticicola
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Fruticicola | |
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Fruticicola fruticum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Bradybaenidae |
Genus: | Fruticicola Held, 1838[1] |
Fruticicola is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae.
Species of snail in this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.
Species
Species within this genus include:[2]
- Fruticicola fruticum (Müller, 1774)
- Fruticicola schrenkii (Middendorff, 1851)
References
- ↑ Held F. 1838. Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. (Fortsetzung.). Isis 1837 (12): 902-921. Leipzig.
- ↑ Species in genus Fruticicola . AnimalBase, accessed 5 May 2009.
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