Xerocrassa mesostena

Xerocrassa mesostena
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. mesostena
Binomial name
Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879)
Synonyms
Helix (Jacosta) sphakiotaMaltzan, 1883 (junior synonym) Helix (Xerophila) mesostenaWesterlund, 1879 (original combination) Helix psiloritanaMaltzan, 1883 (junior synonym) Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena(Westerlund, 1879) · alternate representation Xerocrassa psiloritana(Maltzan, 1883) [1] Xerocrassa sphakiota(Maltzan, 1883) [1]

Xerocrassa mesostena 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 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

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa mesostena". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "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

• 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.