Xerocrassa rhithymna

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

Xerocrassa rhithymna is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to the northern part of the island of Crete, between the Lefka Ori and the Psiloriti mountains.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa rithymna (sic)". 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 rhithymna ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) rhitymna 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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