Xerolenta

Xerolenta
Apical view of the shell of Xerolenta obvia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Xerolenta
Species

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

Species

Species in the genus Xerolenta include:[2]

  • Xerolenta macedonica (Hesse, 1928)
  • Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828)
  • Xerolenta razlogi (Pintér, 1969)
  • Xerolenta spiruloides (Wagner & Hesse, 1916)
  • Xerolenta thasia (Reischütz, 1983)

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, [1].
  2. Species in genus Xerolenta . AnimalBase, accessed 4 May 2009.


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