Xeroplexa setubalensis explained

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

The taxa was previously placed within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogenetic study revealed its current status. This taxon is the type species of the genus Xeroplexa.^[3]

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.^[4]

The subspecies Xeroplexa setubalensis amanda (Bourguignat, 1864) occurs off Oran, Algeria.^[5]

External links

• http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/
• Morelet, A. (1845). Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 (+ 1), 14 pls
• feiffer, L. (1850). Beschreibungen neuer Landschnecken. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel. 7 (5): 65-80 (July 1850); 7 (6): 81-89 (August 1850)
• Gittenberger, E. (1985). The taxonomic status of Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892 (Pulmonata: Helicidae: Helicellinae), a surprise. Iberus. 5: 59-62

Notes and References

1. 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. en. 118. 357–368. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. 29107619.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa setubalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308902 on 2022-07-28
3. A review of the genus Candidula in Portugal with notes on other populations in Western Europe (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae) . Holyoak, D.T. & G.A. Holyoak . 2014 . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 6 . 629–672 . London . ResearchGate.
4. Book: Puente, A.I.. Estudio taxonómico y biogeográfico de la superfamilia Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) de la Península Ibérica e islas Baleares. Unpublished D. Phil. Thesis. 1994. University of the Basque Country, Leioa (Bizkaia).
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106363#page/321/mode/1up Bourguignat, Malacologie de l'Algérie, ou, Histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis jusqu'à ce jour dans nos possessions du nord de l'Afrique; Paris, Challamel aine,́ 1864