Xerosecta cespitum

Xerosecta cespitum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Xerosecta cespitum
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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:
Geomitridae
Genus:
Xerosecta
Species:
X. cespitum
Binomial name
Xerosecta cespitum
(Draparnaud, 1801)

This snail is native to south Spain, Mallorca, southern France, northwestern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Elba, and Morocco to Tunisia.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.

Five views of a shell of Xerosecta cespitum

References
  1. Gargominy, O. (2011). "Xerosecta cespitum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T156409A4940719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156409A4940719.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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