Monadenia

This article is about the snail genus. For the genus of flowering plant, see Monadenia (plant).

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

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

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

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

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995491 on 2021-02-25

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