Xerocrassa montserratensis

Xerocrassa montserratensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Xerocrassa
Species: X. montserratensis
Binomial name
Xerocrassa montserratensis
(Hidalgo, 1870)
Subspecies
  • X. m. subsp. betulonensis (Bofill, 1879)
  • X. m. subsp. montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Trochoidea montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)
  • Helix montserratensis Hidalgo, 1870

Xerocrassa montserratensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical X. m. subsp. montserratensis and X. m. subsp. betulonensis.[1][2]

Geographic distribution

Xerocrassa montserratensis is endemic to Spain, where it is restricted to the Montserrat mountain chain and the mountains of the Besòs river basin in the Catalan province of Barcelona.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martínez-Ortí, A. (2013). "Xerocrassa montserratensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa montserratensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  • (in Spanish) "Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)" (PDF). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los invertebrados amenazados de España. (Especies vulnerables) Volumen II: Moluscos. Letra X [Atlas and Red book of threatened invertebrates of Spain. (Vulnerable species) Volume II: Molluscs. Letter X]. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente.
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