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Fruticicola

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Fruticicola
Fruticicola fruticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Bradybaenini
Genus: Fruticicola
Held, 1838[1]
Type species
Helix fruticum Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Eulota Hartmann, 1841
  • Helix (Eulota) W. Hartmann, 1841 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered a separate genus)
  • Hygromia (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered as a separate genus)
  • Kaznakoviella Lindholm, 1922
  • Koreanohadra Kuroda & Habe, 1949
  • Virginihelix Kuroda & Habe, 1949

Fruticicola is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, which are terrestrial molluscs in the tribe Bradybaenini of the subfamily Bradybaeninae in the family Camaenidae.[2]

Species of snail in this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Species

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Species within this genus include:

References

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  1. ^ Held F. 1838. Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. (Fortsetzung.). Isis 1837 (12): 902-921. Leipzig.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fruticicola Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934358 on 2020-11-26
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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