Xerocrassa caroli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2] [3]

Xerocrassa caroli
Shell of Xerocrassa caroli (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerocrassa
Species:
X. caroli
Binomial name
Xerocrassa caroli
(Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Helix caroli Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862 · unaccepted (original combination)
  • Xerocrassa (Amandana) caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) · alternate representation

The species joined at least 8 subspecies.[4][5]

  • Xerocrassa caroli alegriae Schröder, 1984 [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli conjungens (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli espartariensis Schröder, 1984 [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli jaeckeli (Altimira, 1965) [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli scopulicola (Bofill i Poch & Aguilar-Amat, 1924) [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli vedrae (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
  • Xerocrassa caroli vedranellensis (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]

Distribution

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Spain, where it occurs in the Pityusic islands of Ibiza and Formentera.[1][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gómez Moliner, B.J. (2011). "Xerocrassa caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T157121A5040465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157121A5040465.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050687 on 2022-08-08
  3. ^ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  4. ^ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Forés, Maximino; Madeira, María José (April 2017). "Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands". Journal of Biogeography. 44 (4): 760–772. doi:10.1111/jbi.12923.
  5. ^ Chueca, Luis J.; Forés, Maximino; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J. (2017). "Actualización taxonómica y nomenclatural de las especies de Xerocrassa (Gastropoda: Geomitridae) endémicas de las islas Baleares". Iberus. 35 (2): 159–184.
  6. ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa caroli". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann 1862)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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