Xerocrassa mesostena
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerocrassa |
| Species: | X. mesostena
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| Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879)
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Xerocrassa mesostena is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]
Distribution
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This species is endemic to Greece, where it occurs across almost the whole island of Crete, except from the eastern and north-western tip, and the region between Chania and the Psiloritis mountains.[1][3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Vardinoyannis, K.; Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa mesostena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156748A4991338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156748A4991338.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050716 on 2022-08-11
- ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa mesostena". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena (Westerlund 1879)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
[edit]- Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.
- Maltzan, H. von. (1883). Diagnosen neuer kretischer Helices. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 15: 102-106. Frankfurt am Main.