Xerosecta cespitum
| Xerosecta cespitum | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
| 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: | Xerosecta |
| Species: | X. cespitum |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Xerosecta cespitum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
This snail is native to south Spain, Mallorca, southern France, northwestern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Elba, and Morocco to Tunisia.
This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.
Five views of a shell of Xerosecta cespitum
References
- ↑ Gargominy, O. (2011). "Xerosecta cespitum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
External links
- Xerosecta cespitum at AnimalBase
- Image of Xerosecta cespitum at gireaud.net
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