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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Marmorana
Species:	M. serpentina
Binomial name
*Marmorana serpentina* (Férussac, 1821)
Synonyms
Helix cenestinensis Crosse & Debeaux, 1869 Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 (original combination) Helix serpentina var. panormitana Benoit, 1857 (junior synonym) Marmorana (Marmorana) serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)· accepted, alternate representation

Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.

Subadult

Subspecies

Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.

Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

Anatomy

This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

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