Xerocrassa zaharensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[3]
Xerocrassa zaharensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerocrassa |
Species: | X. zaharensis |
Binomial name | |
Xerocrassa zaharensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996) | |
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Distribution
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This species is endemic to Spain, where it is only known from its type locality in Zahara de la Sierra, Cádiz.[1][2][4]
References
- Puente, A. I. & Arrébola, J. R. (1996). Deux espèces nouvelles Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) du sud de la péninsule Ibérique (Pulmonata, Helicoidae, Hygromiidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. 18 (12): 55-67
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017