Xeromunda

Xeromunda
Five views of a shell of Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Xeromunda
Monterosato, 1892

Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the harry snails and their allies.

Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xeromunda include:

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