Eobania

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Eobania
Eobania vermiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Eobania
Hesse, 1913[1]

Eobania is a genus of large, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

Species[edit]

The genus Eobania includes the following species:

Anatomy[edit]

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution[edit]

This genus of snail occurs in the Mediterranean area.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hesse P. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna von Ostrumelien. II". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 45(1): 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
  2. ^ Eobania at AnimalBase. Last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes.