Xerocrassa seetzeni
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| Xerocrassa seetzeni | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Xerocrassa |
| Species: | X. seetzeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerocrassa seetzeni (Pfeiffer, 1847)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochoidea seetzenii | |
Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the harry snails and their allies.
Distribution
In the area of Negev desert in Israel investigated by Yom-Tov (1970)[2] Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.
References
- ↑ Pfeiffer L. 1847. Diagnosen neuer Heliceen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4: 12-16. Cassel.
- ↑ Yom-Tov Y. 1970. The Effect of Predation on Population Densities of Some Desert Snails. Ecology, September 1970, Vol. 51, No. 5: pp. 907-911.
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