Xerocrassa montserratensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerocrassa |
Species: | X. montserratensis |
Binomial name | |
Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870) | |
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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]
Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical X. m. subsp. montserratensis and X. m. subsp. betulonensis. [1] [3]
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]