Bradybaena
Bradybaena | |
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A shell of Bradybaena similaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Bradybaenidae |
Genus: | Bradybaena (Beck, 1837) |
Bradybaena is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae.
Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.
Distribution
This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species that was previously in this genus is now placed in the genus Fruticicola.
Species
- Bradybaena similaris