Bradybaena

Bradybaena
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)

Bradybaena is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae.

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species that was previously in this genus is now placed in the genus Fruticicola.

Species

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