Xeroleuca

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Xeroleuca
Helix mograbina (MNHN-IM-2000-33300).jpeg
Shell of Xeroleuca mograbina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xeroleuca
Kobelt, 1877
Type species
Helix turcicaHolten, 1802
Synonyms
  • Helix (Xeroleuca)Kobelt, 1877
  • Xerophila (Xeroleuca)Kobelt, 1877 (superseded generic combination)

Xeroleuca is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the typical snails. [1]

It contains the following species:

Taxa inquirenda

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xeroleuca Kobelt, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996341 on 2021-02-14