Monadenia

Monadenia
Monadenia fidelis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Xanthonychidae
Subfamily:	Monadeniinae
Genus:	Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895[1]
Synonyms
Monadenia (Corynadenia) Berry, 1940· accepted, alternate representation Monadenia (Monadenia) Pilsbry, 1895· accepted, alternate representation Monadenia (Shastelix) B. Roth, 1981· accepted, alternate representation

Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae.^[2]

These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.

Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species within the genus Monadenia include:

• † Monadenia antecedens (Stearns, 1900)
• Monadenia callipeplus S.S. Berry, 1940
• Monadenia chaceana S.S. Berry, 1940
• Monadenia churchi Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
• Monadenia circumcarinata (Stearns, 1879) - keeled sideband
• Monadenia cristulata S.S. Berry, 1940
• † Monadenia dubiosa (Stearns, 1902)
• Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834)
• Monadenia infumata (Gould, 1855)
• † Monadenia marginicola (Conrad, 1871)
• Monadenia mariposa A.G. Smith, 1957
• Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
• Monadenia mormonum (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
• Monadenia tuolumneana S.S. Berry, 1955
• Monadenia yosemitensis (H.N. Lowe, 1916)

Species brought into synonymy

• Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
• Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)
• Monadenia setosaTalmadge, 1952 - Trinity bristle snail: synonym of Monadenia infumata setosa Talmadge, 1952
• Monadenia troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 - shasta sideband: synonym of Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933

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• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017