Candidula

Candidula
Two live individuals of Candidula unifasciata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Candidula
Kobelt, 1871
Type species
Glischrus (Helix) candidula
Studer, 1820
Synonyms
  • Xeroalbina Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerocodia Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerotringa Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerovaga Monterosato, 1892

Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, . the hairy snails and their allies.

The genus is characterized by the presence of a big dart sac, a sac containing an arrow-like structure found on a land snail's reproductive organs.

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