Xerocrassa mesostena

Xerocrassa mesostena 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 across almost the whole island of Crete, except from the eastern and north-western tip, and the region between Chania and the Psiloritis mountains.[1][2][3]

Xerocrassa mesostena
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X. mesostena
Binomial name
Xerocrassa mesostena
(Westerlund, 1879)
Synonyms

Xerocrassa psiloritana (Maltzan, 1883)[1]
Xerocrassa sphakiota (Maltzan, 1883)[1]

See also

References

  1. Vardinoyannis, K. & Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa mesostena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa mesostena". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena (Westerlund 1879)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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