Xerocrassa kydonia
| Xerocrassa kydonia | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| 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. kydonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerocrassa kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009 | |
Xerocrassa kydonia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to north-west Crete, from Platanos in the west to Kakopetros in the east, and the Rodopou peninsula in the north.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa kydonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa kydonia". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
Further reading
- Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (Ph.D.). University of Hamburg.