Xerosecta

Xerosecta
	A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Genus:	Xerosecta; Monterosato, 1892
Type species
	Helix explanata; O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
	Cernuella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · (superseded generic combination); Cernuella (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 ·; Helicella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 ·; Helix (Jacosta) Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on Index); Jacosta Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on the Official...); Polloneria Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1939 · (homonym: non Clausilia...); Polloneriella Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 ·; Xerambigua Monterosato, 1892 ·; Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892 ·; Xeromoesta Monterosato, 1892 ·; Xerosecta (Polloneriella) Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 · alternate representation; Xerosecta (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation; Xerosecta (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation;

Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,^[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym)
Xerosecta hillyeriana (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)

^ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
^ WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
^ University of Michigan: Invert E Base

Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

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