''Xerocrassa jimenensis'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of air-breathing

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, a

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the family

Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa jimenensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050700 on 2022-08-08

Distribution

This species is

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to the provinces of

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and

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, southern

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References

* Puente, A. I. & Arrébola, J. R. (1996). Deux espèces nouvelles Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) du sud de la péninsule Ibérique (Pulmonata, Helicoidae, Hygromiidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. 18 (12): 55-67 * Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017 jimenensis Molluscs of Europe Endemic fauna of Spain Gastropods described in 1996 {{Geomitridae-stub