Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Xerosecta include: Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Xerosecta arigonis (A. Schmidt, 1853) Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014 Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801) Xerosecta contermina (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882) Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996 Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841) Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923)WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata Xerosecta pharussica (P.M. Pallary, 1926) Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892) Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863) Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014 Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831) Xerosecta vaucheri (P.M. Pallary, 1901)
Synonyms Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym) Xerosecta hillyeriana (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882) Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)
References
Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
External links
Species list at: Taxonomy and a good shell image at: Excellent info at: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34 J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239