Xerocrassa

Xerocrassa
Apertural view of a shell of Xerocrassa geyeri
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
Synonyms[2]

Ereminella Pallary, 1919
Xerobarcana Brandt, 1959
Xeroregima Brandt, 1959

Xerocrassa is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Some species of Xerocrassa are instead considered to belong to the subgenus Xerocrassa, within the genus Trochoidea; in those cases the species are listed under the generic name Trochoidea.

Species

Xerocrassa cretica shell
Xerocrassa montserratensis shell
Xerocrassa penchinati shell
Xerocrassa prietoi shell

There are 53 or more species in the genus Xerocrassa:[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Monterosato T. A. di (1892). "Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia". Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo (3)2: 1-33. page 23.
  2. ↑ Ezzine, Issaad Kawther; Pfarrer, Beat; Dimassi, Najet; Said, Khaled; Neubert, Eike (2017-10-26). "At home at least: the taxonomic position of some north African Xerocrassa species (Pulmonata, Geomitridae)". ZooKeys. 712: 1–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.712.13066. ISSN 1313-2970. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. ↑ Species in genus Xerocrassa. AnimalBase, accessed 23 October 2012.


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