Perforatella Schlüter 1838

Perforatella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This genus of snails is native to northeastern Europe to the Caucasus and Siberia.

Species in this genus of snails create and use love darts in their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Perforatella:

• Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Perforatella dibotrion (Bielz, 1860)
• † Perforatella schileykoi Prisyazhnyuk, 1974

Synonyms

• Perforatella incarnata (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Monachoides incarnatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded generic combination)
• Perforatella rubiginosa (A. Schmidt, 1853): synonym of Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Rossmässler, 1838)

References

• Beck, H. H. (1838). Species novarum in indice molluscorum praesentis aevi musei Principis Christiani Frederici ab autore propositarum characteres breves. Hafniae

Perforatella is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soorten

• Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Perforatella dibothrion (M. von Kimakowicz, 1884)
• Perforatella incarnata (Müller, 1774)
• Perforatella rubiginosa (Schmidt, 1853)