Xeroplexa intersecta explained

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

It was previously included within the genus Candidula.

This snail can be a pest species in agricultural settings.

Description

The × shell has 5 convex whorls. The aperture is simple without a lip; the aperture margin is slightly reflected near the umbilicus. The umbilicus is open and variably wide. The periostracum is whitish or yellowish with brown bands or spots and finely striated. The animal is yellowish or bluish grey with dark brown pigments. The upper tentacles are long, and the lower tentacles are very short.^[3]

Distribution

This species is known to occur within its native range in a number of Central and Western European countries and islands including:

• Great Britain
• Ireland
• France
• Portugal
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Denmark
• Spain
• Germany

It also lives as an introduced species in:

• Oregon, United States^[4]
• Colombia
• Chile
• New Zealand
• Australia

References

• Lowe, R. T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860: 169-204
• Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.

External links

• http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/
• Candidula intersecta at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
  • Candidula intersecta images at Encyclopedia of Life Fauna Europaea Search Distribution
• Pallary, P. (1922). Faune malacologique du Grand Atlas. Journal de Conchyliologie, 66 (2) [1921]: 89-154, pl. 3-5; 66 (3) [1921]: 185-217. Paris.]
• Caziot, E. (1909). Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Alpes-Maritimes. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 34: 87-95, 99-104.

Notes and References

1. Chueca. Luis J.. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín J.. Madeira. María José. Pfenninger. Markus. January 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. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. 29107619.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308897 on 2022-07-30
3. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1601 Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
4. Web site: Candidula intersecta. Oregon State University.