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| Shell of Marmorana muralis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844 |
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| Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 | |
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Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.
Anatomy
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
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Love dart of Marmorana serpentina
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Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula
Taxonomy
Marmorana is paraphyletic.
Species
Species within the genus Marmorana include:
- 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
- Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx , 1-227, Tab. I-XII , I-XII , 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
- ^ 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
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
- Taxonomy and species list
- Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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