Xerocrassa franciscoi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerocrassa |
| Species: | X. franciscoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xerocrassa franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009
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Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009 · alternate representation | |
Distribution
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This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to the southern slope of the western Asterousia Mountains, south of Kapetaniana, in central Crete.[1][3][4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa franciscoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189715A8765406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T189715A8765406.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049712 on 2022-07-20
- ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa franciscoi". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) franciscoi Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
Further reading
edit- Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.