Eobania
Appearance
Eobania | |
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Eobania vermiculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicidae |
Tribe: | Helicini |
Genus: | Eobania Hesse, 1913[1] |
Eobania is a genus of large, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.
Species
The genus Eobania includes the following species:
- Eobania vermiculata Müller, 1774 - type species
Anatomy
These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Distribution
This genus of snail occurs in the Mediterranean area.[2]
References
- ^ Hesse P. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna von Ostrumelien. II". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 45(1): 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Eobania at AnimalBase. Last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes.