Xerocrassa cretica

Xerocrassa cretica
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. cretica
Binomial name
	Xerocrassa cretica; (Pfeiffer, 1841)
Synonyms
	Helix (Helicella) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841 (original name); Helix (Xerophila) cauta Westerlund, 1879 (junior synonym); Helix chalcidica var. didyma Westerlund, 1879 (junior synonym); Helix cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841 (original combination); Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841); Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841); Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · alternate representation;

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

Distribution[edit]

This species is native to Cyprus, Greece, Libya and Turkey.^[1]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Vardinoyannis, K.; Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa cretica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156466A4949449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156466A4949449.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049710 on 2022-07-19
^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa cretica". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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