Xerocrassa heraklea

Xerocrassa heraklea
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. heraklea
Binomial name
Xerocrassa heraklea
Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009

Xerocrassa heraklea 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 endemic to Greece, where it occurs in northern Crete, from Tombrouk, east of Iraklion, in the west to the Lasithi Plateau in the east.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa heraklea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa heraklea". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) heraklea Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 July 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.

See also


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