Rossmaessleria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Otalini |
| Genus: | Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907 |
Rossmaessleria is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This genus of snail is native to northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe.
Anatomy[edit]
These snails create and shoot love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Rossmaessleria include:
- Rossmaessleria boettgeri (Kobelt, 1881)
- Rossmaessleria galindoae Torres & Ahuir Galindo, 2011
- Rossmaessleria homadensis (Rutllant, 1974)
- Rossmaessleria keltiensis Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria kucerai Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria marocana Galindo, 2017
- Rossmaessleria scherzeri (L. Pfeiffer & Zelebor, 1867)
- Rossmaessleria sicanoides (Kobelt, 1881)
- Rossmaessleria subcabriuscula (Böttger)
- Rossmaessleria sultana (P.M.A. Morelet, 1880)
- Rossmaessleria tetuanensis (Kobelt)
- Rossmaessleria tistutensis (Rutllant)
- Rossmaessleria weberi (Kobelt, 1881)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rossmaessleria anticana Pallary, 1928: synonym of Rossmaessleria scherzeri fichtalana (Pallary, 1919) (original combination)
- Rossmaessleria vondeli Pallary, 1928: synonym of Loxana beaumieri (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
References[edit]
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- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996441 on 2021-02-22
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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