Xerocrassa mesostena

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Xerocrassa mesostena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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]

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Distribution

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.


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