Biology:Xerocrassa heraklea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Xerocrassa heraklea
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X. heraklea
Binomial name
Xerocrassa heraklea
Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009

Xerocrassa heraklea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in northern Crete, from Tombrouk, east of Iraklion, in the west to the Lasithi Plateau in the east.[1][2][3]

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

Further reading

  • Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.

Wikidata ☰ Q8043834 entry