Xerolenta Explained

Xerolenta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Geomitridae,^[1] the harry snails and their allies.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Xerolenta include:^[3]

Synonyms:

• Xerolenta candicans Pfeiffer, 1841: synonym of Helicella obvia (Menke, 1828)
• Xerolenta razlogi | (Pintér, 1969): synonym of Xerolenta obvia razlogi (L. Pintér, 1969)

Taxon inquiriendum:

• Xerolenta depulsa (L. Pintér, 1969)

References

• Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
• Schütt, H. (1962). Eine gekielte Helicella aus Thrazien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 91 (4/6): 151–156. Frankfurt am Main
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerolenta Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996344 on 2022-08-03
3. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=3162 Species in genus Xerolenta