Marmorana scabriuscula

Marmorana scabriuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Marmorana
Species: M. scabriuscula
Binomial name
Marmorana scabriuscula
(Deshayes, 1830)

Marmorana scabriuscula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to northwest Sicily.

Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula

Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

References

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