Xerocrassa siderensis

Xerocrassa siderensis 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 is restricted to the easternmost mountain range of Crete, commonly occurring near the eastern coast of the island.[1][2][3]

Xerocrassa siderensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. siderensis
Binomial name
Xerocrassa siderensis (Maltzan, 1883)
Synonyms
Xerocrassa euphacodes (Maltzan, 1883)[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa siderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.old-form url
2. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa siderensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) siderensis (Maltzan 1883)". 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.