Xerocrassa siderensis

Xerocrassa siderensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. siderensis
Binomial name
Xerocrassa siderensis (Maltzan, 1883)
Synonyms
Helix (Jacosta) euphacodesMaltzan, 1883 (junior synonym) Helix (Jacosta) siderensisMaltzan, 1883 (original combination) Xerocrassa euphacodes(Maltzan, 1883) [1] Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) siderensis(Maltzan, 1883) · alternate representation

Xerocrassa siderensis 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 easternmost mountain range of Crete, commonly occurring near the eastern coast of the island. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Bitzilekis, E.; Triantis, K.; Goudeli, G. (2024). "Xerocrassa siderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T157193A220251926. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T157193A220251926.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 siderensis (Maltzan, 1883)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2022-08-11.
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa siderensis". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) siderensis (Maltzan 1883)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

• 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