Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae.
These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species Accepted names within the genus Monadenia include: † Monadenia antecedens (Stearns, 1900) Monadenia callipeplus S.S. Berry, 1940 Monadenia chaceana S.S. Berry, 1940 Monadenia churchi Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 Monadenia circumcarinata (Stearns, 1879) - keeled sideband Monadenia cristulata S.S. Berry, 1940 † Monadenia dubiosa (Stearns, 1902) Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834) Monadenia infumata (Gould, 1855) † Monadenia marginicola (Conrad, 1871) Monadenia mariposa A.G. Smith, 1957 Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940 Monadenia mormonum (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Monadenia ochromphalus S. S. Berry, 1937 Monadenia setosa Talmadge, 1952 Monadenia subcarinata (Hemphill, 1892) Monadenia troglodytes G. D. Hanna & A. G. Smith, 1933 Monadenia tuolumneana S.S. Berry, 1955 Monadenia yosemitensis (H.N. Lowe, 1916) Species brought into synonymy: Monadenia hillebrandi (Newcomb, 1864): synonym of Monadenia mormonum hillebrandi (Newcomb, 1864) Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940 Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017