Xerocrassa montserratensis

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Xerocrassa montserratensis
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerocrassa
Species:
X. montserratensis
Binomial name
Xerocrassa montserratensis
(Hidalgo, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Helix montserratensisHidalgo, 1870
  • Helix montserratensis var. betulonensisBofill, 1879 (junior synonym)
  • Helix montserratensis var. delicatulaBofill, 1898 (junior synonym)
  • Trochoidea montserratensis(Hidalgo, 1870)
  • Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis(Hidalgo, 1870) · alternate representation
  • Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis betulonensis(Bofill, 1879)
  • Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis montserratensis(Hidalgo, 1870) · alternate representation
  • Xerocrassa montserratensis betulonensis(Bofill, 1879) (junior synonym)
  • Xerocrassa montserratensis delicatulaBofill, 1898
  • Xerocrassa montserratensis montserratensis(Hidalgo, 1870)

Xerocrassa montserratensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical X. m. subsp. montserratensis and X. m. subsp. betulonensis. [1] [3]

Geographic distribution

Distribution Xerocrassa-montserratensis-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution

Xerocrassa montserratensis is endemic to Spain, where it is restricted to the Montserrat mountain chain and the mountains of the Besòs river basin in the Catalan province of Barcelona. [1] [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martínez-Ortí, A. (2011). "Xerocrassa montserratensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T22254A9368348. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T22254A9368348.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050702 on 2022-08-11
  3. 1 2 "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa montserratensis". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 27 July 2014.