Zenobiellina

Zenobiellina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]

Zenobiellina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Zenobiellina
[Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018
Synonyms
  • Perforatella (Zenobiella) Gude & B. B. Woodward, 1921
  • Zenobiella Gude & B. B. Woodward, 1921 (junior synonym)

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

Species

Species within the genus Zenobiellina include:

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Zenobiellina Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1377652 on 2021-02-15
  • Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A. (2018). A new genus Zenobiellina for Helix subrufescens Miller, 1822 (Hygromiidae), with description of a new congeneric species from northern Spain. Iberus. 36 (2): 133–147.


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