Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea
Familia: Xanthonychidae
Subfamilia: Monadeniinae
Genus: Monadenia
Subgenera: M. (Corynadenia) – M. (Monadenia) – M. (Shastelix)
Name
Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895
References
Pilsbry, H.A. 1893-1895. Helicidae, VII; guide to the study of Helices. Manual of Conchology, 2nd series 9: 198.
Links
Monadenia (Xanthonychidae) in the World Register of Marine Species
Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae. [2]
These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Monadenia include:
† Monadenia antecedens (Stearns, 1900)
Monadenia callipeplus S.S. Berry, 1940
Monadenia chaceana S.S. Berry, 1940
Monadenia churchi Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
Monadenia circumcarinata (Stearns, 1879) - keeled sideband
Monadenia cristulata S.S. Berry, 1940
† Monadenia dubiosa (Stearns, 1902)
Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834)
Monadenia infumata (Gould, 1855)
† Monadenia marginicola (Conrad, 1871)
Monadenia mariposa A.G. Smith, 1957
Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
Monadenia mormonum (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Monadenia tuolumneana S.S. Berry, 1955
Monadenia yosemitensis (H.N. Lowe, 1916)
Species brought into synonymy
Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)
Monadenia setosaTalmadge, 1952 - Trinity bristle snail: synonym of Monadenia infumata setosa Talmadge, 1952
Monadenia troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 - shasta sideband: synonym of Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
References
Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995491 on 2021-02-25
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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