Xeroplexa scabiosula

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Xeroplexa scabiosula
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Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa scabiosula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xeroplexa
Species:
X. scabiosula
Binomial name
Xeroplexa scabiosula
(Locard, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Candidula scabiosula(Locard, 1899)
  • Helix scabiosulaLocard, 1899 (original combination)

Xeroplexa scabiosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [1] [2]

Contents

Although this species was named by Locard (1899), it was treated as synonym of X. belemensis by Gittenberger (1993). [3] [4]

Description

Shells very similar to those of X. arrabidensis and X. belemensis , with a relatively large umbilicus, but shell breadth smaller at maturity and ribs on dorsal surface of body whorl less developed (absent or very weak). [3]

Xeroplexa scabiosula Mocarapacho, Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm. X.-scabiosula 3views.jpg
Xeroplexa scabiosula Mocarapacho, Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.

Distribution

Endemic to Portugal (western Iberian Peninsula), where restricted to limestone districts of central Algarve.

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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. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa scabiosula (Locard, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308901 on 2022-07-30
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Gittenberger, Edumnd (1993). "Digging in the grave-yard of synonymy, in search of Portuguese species of Candidula Kobelt, 1871 (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 67 (17): 283–293.
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