Xerocrassa cretica

Xerocrassa cretica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. cretica
Binomial name
Xerocrassa cretica (Pfeiffer, 1841)
Synonyms
Helix (Helicella) creticaL. Pfeiffer, 1841 (original name) Helix (Xerophila) cautaWesterlund, 1879 (junior synonym) Helix chalcidica var. didymaWesterlund, 1879 (junior synonym) Helix creticaL. Pfeiffer, 1841 (original combination) Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica(L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica cretica(L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica(L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · alternate representation

Xerocrassa cretica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae. ^[2]

Distribution

DFistribution

This species is native to Cyprus, Greece, Libya and Turkey. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

References

1. Vardinoyannis, K.; Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa cretica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T156466A4949449. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156466A4949449.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049710 on 2022-07-19
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa cretica". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 27 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2 August 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

• Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.
• Pfeiffer, L. (1841). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio prima [vol. 1]. Kassel: Th. Fischer. 88 pp