Fruticicola

Fruticicola
	Fruticicola fruticum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Subfamily:	Bradybaeninae
Tribe:	Bradybaenini
Genus:	Fruticicola; Held, 1838
Type species
	Helix fruticum Müller, 1774;
Synonyms
	Eulota Hartmann, 1841; Helix (Eulota) W. Hartmann, 1841 (unaccepted rank); Helix (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered a separate genus); Hygromia (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered as a separate genus); Kaznakoviella Lindholm, 1922; Koreanohadra Kuroda & Habe, 1949; Virginihelix Kuroda & Habe, 1949;

Fruticicola is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, which are terrestrial molluscs in the tribe Bradybaenini of the subfamily Bradybaeninae in the family Camaenidae.

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

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