Xerocrassa frater explained

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

Subspecies:

• Xerocrassa frater frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
• Xerocrassa frater newka (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
• Xerocrassa frater pollenzensis (Hidalgo, 1878)
• Xerocrassa frater pulaensis Beckmann, 2007

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Balearic island of Mallorca in Spain.^{[2] [3]}

References

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

External links

• Dohrn, H.; Heynemann, F. D. (1862). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Balearen. Malakozoologische Blätter. 9: 99-111
• Hidalgo, J. G. (1878). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres des îles Baléares. Journal de Conchyliologie. 26: 213-247, pl. 9. Paris

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050696 on 2022-07-20
2. Web site: Species summary for Xerocrassa frater. Welter Schultes, F.. AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. 27 July 2014.
3. Web site: Taxon Details: Xerocrassa frater (Dohrn & Heynemann 1862). https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050203/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=429147. dead. August 8, 2014. Fauna Europaea. 30 July 2014.