# Xerosecta

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***Xerosecta*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of small, air-breathing [land snails](/source/Land_snail), [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_animal) [pulmonate](/source/Pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the subfamily [Helicellinae](/source/Helicellinae) of the family [Geomitridae](/source/Geomitridae),[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Snails in this genus create and use [love darts](/source/Love_darts) as part of their mating behavior.

## Species

Species within the genus *Xerosecta* include:

- *[Xerosecta adolfi](/source/Xerosecta_adolfi)* L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- *[Xerosecta arigonis](/source/Xerosecta_arigonis)* (A. Schmidt, 1853)
- *[Xerosecta brachyflagellata](/source/Xerosecta_brachyflagellata)* De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- *[Xerosecta cespitum](/source/Xerosecta_cespitum)* (Draparnaud, 1801)
- *[Xerosecta contermina](/source/Xerosecta_contermina)* (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- *[Xerosecta dohrni](/source/Xerosecta_dohrni)* (Paulucci, 1882)
- *[Xerosecta explanata](/source/Xerosecta_explanata)* (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- *[Xerosecta giustii](/source/Xerosecta_giustii)* Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
- *[Xerosecta introducta](/source/Xerosecta_introducta)* (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
- *[Xerosecta leptocolpata](/source/Xerosecta_leptocolpata)* (P.M. Pallary, 1923)[2]
- *[Xerosecta pharussica](/source/Xerosecta_pharussica)* (P.M. Pallary, 1926)[3]
- *[Xerosecta promissa](/source/Xerosecta_promissa)* (Westerlund, 1892)
- *[Xerosecta reboundiana](/source/Xerosecta_reboundiana)* (Bourguignat, 1863)
- *[Xerosecta sandaliotica](/source/Xerosecta_sandaliotica)* De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- *[Xerosecta terverii](/source/Xerosecta_terverii)* (Michaud, 1831)
- *[Xerosecta vaucheri](/source/Xerosecta_vaucheri)* (P.M. Pallary, 1901)

**Synonyms**

- *Xerosecta gvozdevi* Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of *[Kalitinaia gvozdevi](/source/Kalitinaia_gvozdevi)* (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) ([superseded combination](/source/Superseded_combination), basionym)
- *Xerosecta hillyeriana* (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of *[Xerosecta dohrni](/source/Xerosecta_dohrni)* (Paulucci, 1882)
- *Xerosecta orientalis* Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of *[Kalitinaia orientalis](/source/Kalitinaia_orientalis)* (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)

## References

1. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **83**: 99–117. [doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014). [PMID 25485783](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25485783)

1. [WMSDB: *Xerosecta leptocolpata*](https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/4531451197.htm)

1. ["University of Michigan: Invert E Base"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250123200653/https://www.invertebase.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3940110&clid=0). Archived from [the original](https://www.invertebase.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3940110&clid=0) on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

- Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

## External links

- Species list at: [\[1\]](http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=2620)
- Taxonomy and a good shell image at: [\[2\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314013325/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Xerosecta_Genus.asp)
- Excellent info at: [\[3\]](http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=681)
- [Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33036879)
- [J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239](https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1upGray,)

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