Xeroplexa setubalensis

Xeroplexa setubalensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2] This species is endemic to Portugal. The taxa was previously placed within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogenetic study revealed its current status.[2] This taxon is the type species of the genus Xeroplexa.

Xeroplexa setubalensis
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa setubalensis
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:
Geomitridae
Genus:
Xeroplexa
Species:
X. setubalensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa setubalensis
(Pfeiffer, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Helix serrula Morelet, 1845
  • Helix Setubalensis Pfeiffer, 1850
  • Candidula setubalensis Pfeiffer, 1850

Description
Xeroplexa setubalensis Serra da Arrábida, Setúbal (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.

Distribution

X. setubalensis is endemic to the central coast of Portugal (western Iberian Peninsula). Only few populations are known from Serra da Arrábida and Serra do São Luís, placed in the right side of Sado river.[3]

References
  1. Martínez-Ortí A. (2013). "Candidula setubalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 December 2014.
  2. Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
  3. Puente, A.I. (1994). Estudio taxonómico y biogeográfico de la superfamilia Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) de la Península Ibérica e islas Baleares. University of the Basque Country, Leioa (Bizkaia): Unpublished D. Phil. Thesis.
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