Xerocrassa rhithymna

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

Xerocrassa rhithymna 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 northern part of the island of Crete, between the Lefka Ori and the Psiloriti mountains. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Bitzilekis, E.; Goudeli, G.; Triantis, K. (2024). "Xerocrassa rithymna (sic)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T189720A220243349. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T189720A220243349.en . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
2. Neubert, Eike (2017). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Xerocrassa rhithymna Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2022-08-11.
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa rhithymna ". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) rhitymna Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. 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.