Xerocrassa kydonia

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

Xerocrassa kydonia 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 is restricted to north-west Crete, from Platanos in the west to Kakopetros in the east, and the Rodopou peninsula in the north.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa kydonia". 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 kydonia". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) kydonia 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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