Bradybaena H. Beck 1837

Bradybaena^[2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae. ^[1]

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

• Bradybaena alaica Kuznetsov, 1998: synonym of Fruticicola alaica (Kuznetsov, 1998) (original combination)
• Bradybaena boevi Uvalieva, 1967: synonym of Fruticicola boevi (Uvalieva, 1967) (original combination)
• Bradybaena hirsuta Matiokon, 1966: synonym of Ponsadenia hirsuta (Matiokin, 1966) (original combination)
• Bradybaena changchunensis X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017 : synonym of Bradybaena virgo (Pilsbry, 1927)
• Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998: accepted as Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837

References

• Schileyko, A. A. & Kuznetsov, A. G. (1998). Land snails of the genus Landouria Godwin-Austen, 1918 and some other Bradybaenidae of Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Ruthenica. 8(1): 43-54
• Thach N.N., 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp
• Zhang, G. (2019). Three new synonyms among Chinese camaenid snails (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). Folia Malacologica 27(1): 75-77