Xerocrassa rhithymna
Xerocrassa rhithymna is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to the northern part of the island of Crete, between the Lefka Ori and the Psiloriti mountains.[1][2][3]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | X. rhithymna |
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| Xerocrassa rhithymna Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009 | |
References
- Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa rithymna (sic)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa rhithymna ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) rhitymna Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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.
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