Xerosecta Monterosato 1892

Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,^[1] 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 conspurcata
• Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
• Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
• Xerosecta hillyeriana
• Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
• Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923) ^[2]
• Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892)
• Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
• Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
• Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831)
• Xerosecta vaucheri
• Xerosecta pharussica

Synonyms

• Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)

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  Xerosecta arnaizi

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  Xerosecta bodsonae

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  Xerosecta brunoti

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  Xerosecta castriesi

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  Xerosecta cespitum

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  Xerosecta edrissiana

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  Xerosecta explanata

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  Xerosecta globuloidea

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  Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca

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  Xerosecta pharussica alba

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  Xerosecta pharussica minor

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  Xerosecta submoesta (white form)

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  Xerosecta submoesta (banded form)

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  Xerosecta submoesta (brown form)

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  Xerosecta vaucheri

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: July 16th, 2017

Xerosecta é um género de gastrópode da família Hygromiidae.

Este género contém as seguintes espécies:

• Xerosecta adolfi
• Xerosecta arigonis
• Xerosecta cespitum
• Xerosecta contermina
• Xerosecta conspurcata
• Xerosecta dohrni
• Xerosecta explanata
• Xerosecta giustii
• Xerosecta hillyeriana
• Xerosecta introducta
• Xerosecta promissa
• Xerosecta reboundiana
• Xerosecta terverii
• Xerosecta vaucheri

• Xerosecta arnaizi

• Xerosecta bodsonae

• Xerosecta brunoti

• Xerosecta castriesi

• Xerosecta cespitum

• Xerosecta edrissiana

• Xerosecta explanata

• Xerosecta globuloidea

• Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca

• Xerosecta pharussica alba

• Xerosecta pharussica minor

• Xerosecta submoesta (Forma branca)

• Xerosecta submoesta (Forma em bandas)

• Xerosecta submoesta (Forma marrom)

• Xerosecta vaucheri