Xerocrassa caroli explained

Xerocrassa caroli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.^{[1] [2]}

The species joined at least 8 subspecies.^{[3] [4]}

• Xerocrassa caroli alegriae Schröder, 1984 [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli conjungens (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli espartariensis Schröder, 1984 [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli jaeckeli (Altimira, 1965) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli scopulicola (Bofill i Poch & Aguilar-Amat, 1924) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli vedrae (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli vedranellensis (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Spain, where it occurs in the Pityusic islands of Ibiza and Formentera.^{[5] [6]}

References

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Web site: Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn y Heynemann, 1862). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los invertebrados amenazados de España. (Especies vulnerables) Volumen II: Moluscos. Letra X [Atlas and Red book of threatened invertebrates of Spain. (Vulnerable species) Volume II: Molluscs. Letter X]. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. es.
• Dohrn, H.; Heynemann, F. D. (1862). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Balearen. Malakozoologische Blätter. 9: 99-111

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050687 on 2022-08-08
2. Razkin. Oihana. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín Juán. Prieto. Carlos Enrique. Martínez-Ortí. Alberto. Arrébola. José Ramón. Muñoz. Benito. Chueca. Luis Javier. Madeira. María José. February 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83. 99–117. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. 25485783.
3. Chueca. Luis J.. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín J.. Forés. Maximino. Madeira. María José. April 2017. Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands. Journal of Biogeography. 44. 4. 760–772. 10.1111/jbi.12923.
4. Chueca. Luis J.. Forés. Maximino. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín J.. 2017. Actualización taxonómica y nomenclatural de las especies de Xerocrassa (Gastropoda: Geomitridae) endémicas de las islas Baleares. Iberus. 35. 2. 159–184.
5. Web site: Species summary for Xerocrassa caroli. Welter Schultes, F.. AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. 27 July 2014.
6. Web site: Taxon Details: Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann 1862). https://web.archive.org/web/20140729163750/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=429118. dead. July 29, 2014. Fauna Europaea. 29 July 2014.