Xeroplexa carrapateirensis

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Xeroplexa carrapateirensis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Geomitridae
Subfamily:
Helicellinae
Genus:
Xeroplexa
Species:
X. carrapateirensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa carrapateirensis
(Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014)
Synonyms
  • Candidula carrapateirensis Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014

Xeroplexa carrapateirensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [1] The species epithet carrapateirensis is an adjective derived from the type locality near Carrapateira. [2]

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Description

Strongly convex to pyramidal above, rounded below, with 4.7–5.2 whorls. Whorls rounded, flattened above near the moderately deep sutures. Umbilicus narrow to very narrow, deep, ± symmetrical, partly overlapped by reflected peristome. Mouth almost round, except where interrupted by penultimate whorl, the last part of body whorl expanding markedly, descending slightly near mouth. Shell often rather thin and somewhat translucent, slightly glossy above, more strongly glossy below. Ground colour usually pale brown above, whitish below; upperside commonly with one strong band of brown to blackish-brown towards periphery and one or more diffuse interrupted bands above it, the crests of ribs whitish, but very variable; underside commonly with several thin translucent bands. Transverse ribs on upperside of later whorls typically strong but irregular and often discontinuous, much weaker on underside. Spiral lines obvious on underside of most shells. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID   29107619.
  2. 1 2 Holyoak, David T.; Holyoak, Geraldine A. (2014). "A review of the genus Candidula in Portugal with notes on other populations in western Europe (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41: 629–672.
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