Marmorana Explained

Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.^[1]

Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Taxonomy

Marmorana is paraphyletic.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Marmorana include:^{[3] [4]}

• Marmorana fuscolabiata (Rossmässler, 1842)
• Marmorana globularis (Philippi, 1836)
• † Marmorana majoris (De Stefani, 1880)
• Marmorana melitensis (A. Férussac, 1821)
• Marmorana muralis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Marmorana nebrodensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830)
• † Marmorana sabina (Tuccimei, 1889)
• Marmorana saxetana (Paulucci, 1886)
• Marmorana scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1832)
• Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821) - type species
• Marmorana sicana
• Marmorana signata (A. Férussac, 1821)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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. .
3. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/145619 Taxonomy and species list
4. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=2707 Species in genus Marmorana