Monachoides
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Monachoides is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Some species of snails in this genus create and use love dart
s as part of their mating behavior.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Some species of snails in this genus create and use love dart
Love dart
A love dart is a hard, long, sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are made in sexually mature animals only, and are used as part of the sequence of events during courtship, before actual mating takes place...
s as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Monachoides include:- Monachoides bacescui Grossu, 1979
- Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914)
- Monachoides incarnatusMonachoides incarnatusMonachoides incarnatus, also known as Perforatella incarnata, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Life cycle :...
(Müller, 1774) - type species, sometimes the adjectival species name is treated as if the genus name had a feminine gender: Monarchoides incarnata - Monachoides kosovensis De Winter & Maassen, 1992
- Monachoides taraensis De Winter & Maassen, 1992
- Monachoides vicinusMonachoides vicinusMonachoides vicinus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Description :These snails use love darts as part of their mating behavior....
(Rossmässler, 1842)