Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae. [2]
Anatomy
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Taxonomy
Marmorana is paraphyletic.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Marmorana include:[4][5]
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Marmorana fuscolabiata (Rossmässler, 1842)
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Marmorana globularis (Philippi, 1836)
- † Marmorana majoris (De Stefani, 1880)
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Marmorana melitensis (A. Férussac, 1821)
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Marmorana muralis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Marmorana nebrodensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830)
- † Marmorana sabina (Tuccimei, 1889)
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Marmorana saxetana (Paulucci, 1886)
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Marmorana scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1832)
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Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821) - type species
- Marmorana sicana
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Marmorana signata (A. Férussac, 1821)
References
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^ Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
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^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996444 on 2021-06-24
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^ Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The Marmorana–Tyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
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^ Taxonomy and species list
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^ Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
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