Marmorana serpentina

Marmorana serpentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Family: Helicidae
Genus: Marmorana
Species: M. serpentina
Binomial name
Marmorana serpentina
(Férussac, 1821)

Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.

Distribution

This species of snail is endemic to the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia.

Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

Anatomy

This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

References

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