Eobania

Eobania
Eobania vermiculata
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: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Eobania
Hesse, 1913[1]

Eobania is a genus of large, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

Species

The genus Eobania includes the following species:

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution

This genus of snail occurs in the Mediterranean area.[2]

References

  1. Hesse P. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna von Ostrumelien. II". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 45(1): 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
  2. Eobania at AnimalBase. Last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes.
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