Marmorana serpentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Genus:
Species:
M. serpentina
Binomial name
Marmorana serpentina
(Férussac, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Helix cenestinensis Crosse & Debeaux, 1869
  • Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 (original combination)
  • Helix serpentina var. panormitana Benoit, 1857 (junior synonym)
  • Marmorana (Marmorana) serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)· accepted, alternate representation

Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.[1]

Subadult
Subspecies
  • Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
  • Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
  • Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
  • Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
  • Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.

Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

Anatomy

This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049685 on 2021-06-24
  • Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII [Part 1 pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857 [sic]); Part 2 pp. 53–116 (1857); Part 3 pp. 117–180 (1859); Part 4 pp. 181–248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile).
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017


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