Monachoides
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Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. ==Species== The following species are recognised within the genus Monachoides: Monachoides bacescui (Grossu, 1979) †Monachoides barotiana Marinescu, 1975 Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914) Monachoides incarnatus (Müller, 1774) - the type species, sometimes the adjectival species name is treated as if the genus name had a feminine gender: Monarchoides incarnata Monachoides kosovoensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992) Monachoides taraensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992) Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842) ==References== Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017 ==External links== Monachoides. Uniprot Taxonomy.
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