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Xerocrassa meda

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Species of gastropod

Xerocrassa meda
Shell of Xerocrassa meda (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerocrassa
Species: X. meda
Binomial name
Xerocrassa meda
(Porro, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Helix meda Porro, 1840 (original name)
  • Xerocrassa (Xeroclausa) meda (Porro, 1840) · alternate representation

Xerocrassa meda is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Distribution

Distribution

This species is native to Greece, Italy and Malta.

References

  1. ^ Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa meda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T157226A5056858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157226A5056858.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa meda". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049705 on 2022-08-11
  4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xeroclausa) meda (Porro 1840)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  • Porro, C. (1840). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de mollusques d'Europe. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne, 3: 106. Paris.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Xerocrassa meda


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