Bradybaena

Bradybaena
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)
Type species
Helix similaris
Férussac, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Bradybaena (Bradybaena) H. Beck, 1837
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998
  • Eulota (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891
  • Eulotella E. von Martens, 1891
  • Helix (Bradybaena) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Helix (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891

Bradybaena[2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818138 on 2020-06-19
  2. ^ AnimalBase Göttingen: Genus summary for Bradybaena