Biology:Xeroplexa olisippensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Xeroplexa olisippensis
X.-olisippensis.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa olisippensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Helicellinae
Genus:
Species:
X. olisippensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa olisippensis
(Servain, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Candidula olisippensis (Servain, 1880)

Xeroplexa olisippensis is a species of air-breathing land snail endemic to Portugal, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Description

Xeroplexa olisippensis Boliqueime. Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.


Distribution and habitat

Xeroplexa olisippensis has its distribution in Portugal, widely spread through the western part of the country, from Porto to Faro. It lives in ruderal habitats, open forest, grassland, edges of rivers even in dunes under the stones or on the stems of vegetation. [1]

References

External links

http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/


Wikidata ☰ Q14624228 entry