Xerocrassa

Xerocrassa
	Figures 4–7; Xerocrassa species. 4 Xerocrassa latastei, lectotype MHNG-MOLL 115121, Ketenna [= Kettana], D = 15.9 mm 5 Xerocrassa latasteopsis, lectotype MHNG-MOLL 115131, Foum Hallouf, D = 18.34 mm 6 Xerocrassa latasteopsis, NMBE 549906, Sidi Aich 2, D = 18.2 mm 7 Xerocrassa lacertara, syntype MHNG-MOLL 114001, “Plaines entre Djelfa et El-Aghouat”, D = 11.8 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa ; Monterosato, 1892
Type species
	Helix seetzeniL. Pfeiffer, 1847;
Synonyms
	Ereminella Pallary, 1919; HeldiaP. Hesse, 1926; Helix (Amandana)Fagot, 1891 · unaccepted; Trochoidea (Xerobarcana)R. Brandt, 1959; Trochoidea (Xeroclausa)Monterosato, 1892; Trochoidea (Xerocrassa)Monterosato, 1892 (chresonym); Trochoidea (Xeroregima)R. Brandt, 1959; XerobarcanaBrandt, 1959; XerocautaMonterosato, 1892; XeroclausaMonterosato, 1892; Xerocrassa (Amandana)Fagot, 1891 · alternate representation; Xerocrassa (Xeroclausa)Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation; Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa)Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation; Xerophila (Ereminella)Pallary, 1919 (superseded generic combination); XeroptycaMonterosato, 1892; XeroregimaBrandt, 1959;

Last updated August 02, 2025

Xerocrassa is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.^[3]^[4]

Taxonomy

The genus Xerocrassa is divided in 3 subgenera:^[6]

Xerocrassa (Amandana) Fagot, 1891
Xerocrassa (Xeroclausa) Monterosato, 1892
Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) Monterosato, 1892

Species

Species in the genus Xerocrassa:^[7]^[8]

Xerocrassa amphiconus (Maltzan, 1883)
Xerocrassa barceloi (Hidalgo, 1878)
Xerocrassa berenice (Kobelt, 1883)
Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa (F. Haas, 1934)
Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Xerocrassa chiae (Fagot, 1886)
Xerocrassa cisternasi (Hidalgo, 1883)
Xerocrassa claudia (Hausdorf & Welter-Schultes, 1998)
Xerocrassa claudiconus (Hausdorf & Welter-Schultes, 1998)
Xerocrassa claudinae (Gasull, 1964)
Xerocrassa cobosi (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)
Xerocrassa commeata (Mousson, 1874)
Xerocrassa cretica (Férussac, 1821)
Xerocrassa davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
Xerocrassa derogata (Rossmässler, 1854)
Xerocrassa diensis (Maltzan, 1883)
Xerocrassa ebusitana (Hidalgo, 1869)
Xerocrassa edmundi (Martínez-Ortí, 2006)
Xerocrassa elevata (Pallary, 1924)
Xerocrassa eremophila (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Xerocrassa erkelii (Kobelt, 1878)
Xerocrassa formenterensis (F. Schröder, 1984)
Xerocrassa fourtaui (Pallary, 1902)
Xerocrassa franciscoi (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Xerocrassa geyeri (Soós, 1926)
Xerocrassa gharlapsi (Beckmann, 1987)
Xerocrassa grabusana (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa grata (Haas, 1924)
Xerocrassa helleri (Forcart, 1976)
Xerocrassa heraklea (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa homeyeri (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Xerocrassa huggani R. Brandt, 1959
Xerocrassa jimenensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996)
Xerocrassa kydonia (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa lacertara (Bourguignat, 1863)
Xerocrassa lacipensis Torres Alba & Quintana Cardona, 2021^[9]
Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)
Xerocrassa lasithiensis (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa latastei (Letourneux in Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
Xerocrassa latasteopsis (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
Xerocrassa libyca (Kobelt, 1883)
Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840)
Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879)
Xerocrassa mienisi (Forcart, 1976)
Xerocrassa molinae (Hidalgo, 1883)
Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)
Xerocrassa naisi (Pallary, 1939)
Xerocrassa newka (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Xerocrassa nicosiana (Gittenberger, 1991)
Xerocrassa nyeli (Mittre, 1842)
Xerocrassa penalveri Martinez-Orti, 2022
Xerocrassa penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868)
Xerocrassa picardi (F. Haas, 1933)
Xerocrassa pilsbryi Forcart, 1976
Xerocrassa poecilodoma (Boettger, 1894)
Xerocrassa pollenzensis (Hidalgo, 1878)
Xerocrassa pseudojacosta (Forcart, 1976)
Xerocrassa rhabdota (Sturany, 1901)
Xerocrassa rhithymna (Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009)
Xerocrassa ripacurcica (Bofill, 1886)
Xerocrassa roblesi (Martínez-Ortí, 2000)
Xerocrassa scharonica (F. Haas, 1936)
Xerocrassa seetzeni (Pfeiffer, 1847) – the type species
Xerocrassa serrulata (H.H. Beck, 1837)^[10]
Xerocrassa siderensis (Maltzan, 1883)
Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Xerocrassa sinaica (E. von Martens, 1889)
Xerocrassa siphnica (Kobelt, 1883)
Xerocrassa subrogata (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Xerocrassa subvariegata (Maltzan, 1883)
Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)
Xerocrassa turolensis (Ortiz de Zárate, 1963)
Xerocrassa zaharensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996)
Xerocrassa zilchi (Forcart, 1976)
Xerocrassa zviae Mienis, 2017

Taxon inquirendum

Xerocrassa philamnia(Bourguignat, 1863)

Synonyms

Xerocrassa arturi(Haas, 1924): synonym of Xerocrassa ripacurcica ripacurcica (Bofill, 1886) (junior subjective synonym)
Xerocrassa betulonensis(Bofill, 1898 ): synonym of Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)
Xerocrassa cardonae(Hidalgo, 1867): synonym of Xerocrassa nyeli (Mittre, 1842) (superseded combination)
Xerocrassa ferreri(Jaeckel, 1952): synonym of Xerocrassa newka (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) (junior subjective synonym)
Xerocrassa madritensis(Rambur, 1868): synonym of Xerotricha madritensis (Rambur, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Xerocrassa moraguesi(Kobelt, 1883): synonym of Xerocrassa homeyeri homeyeri (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) (superseded combination)
Xerocrassa muehlfeldtiana(Rossmässler, 1837): synonym of Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Xerocrassa pallaresica(Fagot, 1886): synonym of Xerocrassa madritensis(Rambur, 1868): synonym of Xerotricha madritensis (Rambur, 1868) (junior subjective synonym)
Xerocrassa ponsi(Hidalgo, 1878): synonym of Xerocrassa nyeli ponsi (Hidalgo, 1878)
Xerocrassa prietoi(Hidalgo, 1878): synonym of Xerocrassa homeyeri homeyeri (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Xerocrassa salvanae(Fagot, 1886): synonym of Xerotricha madritensis (Rambur, 1868) (junior subjective synonym)

References

↑ 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. page 23.
↑ Ezzine, Issaad Kawther; Pfarrer, Beat; Dimassi, Najet; Said, Khaled; Neubert, Eike (26 October 2017). "At home at least: the taxonomic position of some north African Xerocrassa species (Pulmonata, Geomitridae)". ZooKeys (712): 1–27. Bibcode:2017ZooK..712....1E. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.13066 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5674202 . PMID 29134034 . Retrieved 27 October 2017.
↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996348 on 6 August 2022
1 2 Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. Bibcode:2015MolPE..83...99R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
↑ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. Bibcode:2018MolPE.118..357C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
1 2 Bank, R.A. (2017), Fauna Europaea Project‒Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe
↑ Species in genus Xerocrassa. AnimalBase, accessed 23 October 2012.
↑ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Forés, Maximino; Madeira, María José (April 2017). "Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands". Journal of Biogeography. 44 (4): 760–772. Bibcode:2017JBiog..44..760C. doi:10.1111/jbi.12923. S2CID 90667535.
↑ "Xerocrassa lacipensis Torres Alba & Quintana Cardona, 2021". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
↑ Conchology.be: Xerocrassa serrulata

Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

External links

Fagot, P. (1890–1894). Histoire malacologique des Pyrénées Françaises et Espagnoles. Bulletin de la Société Ramond. 25 (3): 131–158 (July 1890); 25 (4): 215–244 (October 1890); 26 (1): 1–28 (January 1891); 26 (2): 129–143 (April 1891); 26 (3): 215–233 (July 1891); 26 (4): 277–296 (October 1891); 27 (1): 23–41 (January 1892); 28 (2/3): 169–184 (July 1893); 28 (4): 247–262 (October 1893); 29 (1/3): 118–138 (July 1894). Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Sauer J. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Reconstructing the evolutionary history of the radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa on Crete based on mitochondrial sequences and AFLP markers". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 299. doi : 10.1186/1471-2148-10-299 .

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[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. page 23.

[2] Ezzine, Issaad Kawther; Pfarrer, Beat; Dimassi, Najet; Said, Khaled; Neubert, Eike (26 October 2017). "At home at least: the taxonomic position of some north African Xerocrassa species (Pulmonata, Geomitridae)". ZooKeys (712): 1–27. Bibcode:2017ZooK..712....1E. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.13066 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5674202 . PMID 29134034 . Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[WoRMS-3] MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996348 on 6 August 2022

[:0-4] 1 2 Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. Bibcode:2015MolPE..83...99R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.

[5] Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. Bibcode:2018MolPE.118..357C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.

[:1-6] 1 2 Bank, R.A. (2017), Fauna Europaea Project‒Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe

[7] Species in genus Xerocrassa. AnimalBase, accessed 23 October 2012.

[8] Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Forés, Maximino; Madeira, María José (April 2017). "Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands". Journal of Biogeography. 44 (4): 760–772. Bibcode:2017JBiog..44..760C. doi:10.1111/jbi.12923. S2CID 90667535.

[WORMS-9] "Xerocrassa lacipensis Torres Alba & Quintana Cardona, 2021". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

[10] Conchology.be: Xerocrassa serrulata

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