Marmorana serpentina

Species of gastropod

Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.^[1]

Subadult

Subspecies

• Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
• Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
• Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
• Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
• Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
• Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
• Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.

Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

Anatomy

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

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049685 on 2021-06-24

• Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII [Part 1 pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857 [sic]); Part 2 pp. 53–116 (1857); Part 3 pp. 117–180 (1859); Part 4 pp. 181–248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile).
• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Marmorana serpentina at AnimalBase
• Images of live animal and shells
• Crosse H. & Debeaux O. (1869). Description de deux Hélices nouvelles de Corse. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(1): 51-55