Rossmaessleria is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996441 on 2021-02-22
Distribution This genus of snail is native to northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe.
Anatomy These snails create and shoot love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
Species Species within the genus Rossmaessleria include: Rossmaessleria boettgeri (Kobelt, 1881) Rossmaessleria galindoae Torres & Ahuir Galindo, 2011 Rossmaessleria homadensis (Rutllant, 1974) Rossmaessleria keltiensis Galindo, 2017 Rossmaessleria kucerai Galindo, 2017 Rossmaessleria marocana Galindo, 2017 Rossmaessleria scherzeri (L. Pfeiffer & Zelebor, 1867) Rossmaessleria sicanoides (Kobelt, 1881) Rossmaessleria subcabriuscula (Böttger) Rossmaessleria sultana (P.M.A. Morelet, 1880) Rossmaessleria tetuanensis (Kobelt) Rossmaessleria tistutensis (Rutllant) Rossmaessleria weberi (Kobelt, 1881) Species brought into synonymy Rossmaessleria anticana Pallary, 1928: synonym of Rossmaessleria scherzeri fichtalana (Pallary, 1919) (original combination) Rossmaessleria vondeli Pallary, 1928: synonym of Loxana beaumieri (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.