Xeroplexa olisippensis

Last updated

Xeroplexa olisippensis
X.-olisippensis.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa olisippensis
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. olisippensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa olisippensis
(Servain, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Candidula olisippensis (Servain, 1880)
  • Helix callisonaLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Helix defectivaLocard, 1899 ·
  • Helix micidaLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Helix ofellataLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Helix olisippensisServain, 1880 (original combination)
  • Helix portionalisLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Helix protumidaLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Helix putillaLocard, 1899 (junior synonym)

Xeroplexa olisippensis is a species of air-breathing land snail endemic to Portugal, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [2]

Contents

Description

Xeroplexa olisippensis Boliqueime. Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm. X.-olissipensis-3-views.jpg
Xeroplexa olisippensis Boliqueime. Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.


Distribution and habitat

Distribution Candidula-olisippensis-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution

Xeroplexa olisippensis has its distribution in Portugal, widely spread through the western part of the country, from Porto to Faro. It lives in ruderal habitats, open forest, grassland, edges of rivers even in dunes under the stones or on the stems of vegetation. [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Plebecula giramica</i> Species of gastropod

Plebecula giramica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Candidula</i> Genus of gastropods

Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, . the hairy snails and their allies.

Caseolus subcalliferus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geometridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

<i>Wollastonaria oxytropis</i> Species of gastropod

Wollastonaria oxytropis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Disculella spirulina is a species of gastropod in the Geomitridae family.

<i>Pseudocampylaea portosanctana</i> Species of gastropod

Pseudocampylaea portosanctana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

<i>Cernuella virgata</i> Species of gastropod

Cernuella virgata, also known as Helicella virgata, common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Backeljaia gigaxii</i> Species of gastropod

Backeljaia gigaxii is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.

Xeroplexa intersecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Tanousia</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

Tanousia is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Xerocrassa cobosi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Zarateana arganica</i> Species of gastropod

Zarateana arganica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Xeroplexa belemensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Xeroplexa</i> Genus of gastropods

Xeroplexa is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

<i>Xeroplexa setubalensis</i> Species of gastropod

Xeroplexa setubalensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Xeroplexa arrabidensis</i> Species of gastropod

Xeroplexa arrabidensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Xeroplexa ponsulensis</i> Species of gastropod

Xeroplexa ponsulensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Xeroplexa scabiosula</i> Species of gastropod

Xeroplexa scabiosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Xeroplexa strucki is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. Although named by Maltzan (1886), no differences from X. olisippensis were indicated and Gittenberger therefore treated them as synonyms. However, the present study has revealed that the W. Algarve populations named as strucki and similar snails from the coast of W. Baixo Alentejo differ consistently in having a much shorter penial flagellum.

<i>Portugala</i>

Portugala is a monotypic genus of land snails native to the western Iberian Peninsula in Portugal and Galicia (Spain).

References

  1. 1 2 Martínez-Ortí, A. (2011). "Xeroplexa olisippensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T156481A4952312. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156481A4952312.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa olisippensis (Servain, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308899 on 2022-07-30


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.