Xeromunda durieui

Xeromunda durieui
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
Species: X. durieui
Binomial name
Xeromunda durieui
(Pfeiffer, 1848)

Xeromunda durieui is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This snail is native to south Italy, North Africa and possibly to Cyprus.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

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