Xerocrassa meda
Xerocrassa meda | |
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Shell of Xerocrassa meda (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerocrassa |
Species: | X. meda |
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Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840) | |
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Xerocrassa meda is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[3]
Distribution
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This species is native to Greece, Italy and Malta.[1][2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa meda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T157226A5056858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157226A5056858.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa meda". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049705 on 2022-08-11
- ^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xeroclausa) meda (Porro 1840)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- Porro, C. (1840). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de mollusques d'Europe. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne, 3: 106. Paris.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
Further reading
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- Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.