Monachoides
Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Monachoides |
Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Monachoides include:
- Monachoides bacescui (Grossu, 1979)
- Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914)
- Monachoides incarnatus (Müller, 1774) - the 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 vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)
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References
- Gude G. K. & Woodward B. B. (1921). "Some emendations to their recent paper "On Helicella, Férussac."". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(48): 624-626. page 625.
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