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Xerosecta

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Xerosecta
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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.

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

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Species

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Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

  • Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Xerosecta arigonis (A. Schmidt, 1853)
  • Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
  • Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Xerosecta contermina (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
  • Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
  • Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
  • Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923)[2]
  • Xerosecta pharussica (P.M. Pallary, 1926)[3]
  • Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892)
  • Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
  • Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
  • Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831)
  • Xerosecta vaucheri (P.M. Pallary, 1901)
Synonyms
  • 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gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym)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)
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