Xerocrassa cretica

Xerocrassa cretica
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. cretica
Binomial name
Xerocrassa cretica
(Pfeiffer, 1841)

Xerocrassa cretica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is native to Cyprus, Greece, Libya and Turkey.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Vardinoyannis, K. & Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa cretica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa cretica". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

Further reading

  • Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Ph.D.). University of Hamburg.


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