Xeromunda
| Xeromunda | |
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| 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:
- Xeromunda alticola
- Xeromunda candiota
- Xeromunda durieui
- Xeromunda peloponnesia
- Xeromunda thessalica
- Xeromunda vulgarissima
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