Xerocrassa franciscoi

Xerocrassa franciscoi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. franciscoi
Binomial name
Xerocrassa franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009
Synonyms
Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) franciscoiHausdorf & Sauer, 2009 · alternate representation

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

Distribution

Distribution

This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to the southern slope of the western Asterousia Mountains, south of Kapetaniana, in central Crete. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa franciscoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T189715A8765406. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T189715A8765406.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049712 on 2022-07-20
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa franciscoi". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.

Further reading

• Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.