Xerosecta
Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Xerosecta include:- Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Xerosecta arigonis
- Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta cespitum
- Xerosecta contermina
- Xerosecta dohrni
- Xerosecta explanata
- Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
- Xerosecta introducta
- Xerosecta leptocolpata
- Xerosecta pharussica
- Xerosecta promissa
- Xerosecta reboundiana
- Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta terverii
- Xerosecta vaucheri
- Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi
- Xerosecta hillyeriana : synonym of Xerosecta dohrni
- Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of ''Kalitinaia orientalis''