Marmorana serpentina facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Marmorana serpentina |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Marmorana
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M. serpentina
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Marmorana serpentina (Férussac, 1821)
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Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
- Subspecies
- Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
- Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
- Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
- Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
- Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)
Distribution
This species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.
Anatomy
This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
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