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Genus of gastropods
Rossmaessleria is a
genus of
land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family
Helicidae.
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This genus of snail is native to northwestern
Africa and southwestern
Europe.
These snails create and shoot
love darts as part of their
courtship and mating behavior.
Species within the genus Rossmaessleria include:
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Rossmaessleria boettgeri (Kobelt, 1881)
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Rossmaessleria galindoae Torres & Ahuir Galindo, 2011
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Rossmaessleria homadensis (Rutllant, 1974)
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Rossmaessleria keltiensis Galindo, 2017
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Rossmaessleria kucerai Galindo, 2017
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Rossmaessleria marocana Galindo, 2017
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Rossmaessleria scherzeri (L. Pfeiffer & Zelebor, 1867)
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Rossmaessleria sicanoides (Kobelt, 1881)
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Rossmaessleria subcabriuscula (Böttger)
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Rossmaessleria sultana (P.M.A. Morelet, 1880)
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Rossmaessleria tetuanensis (Kobelt)
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Rossmaessleria tistutensis (Rutllant)
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Rossmaessleria weberi (Kobelt, 1881)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rossmaessleria anticana Pallary, 1928: synonym of Rossmaessleria scherzeri fichtalana (Pallary, 1919) (original combination)
- Rossmaessleria vondeli Pallary, 1928: synonym of
Loxana beaumieri (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.