''Xerocrassa penchinati'' is a

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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 ...

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in the family

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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050706 on 2022-08-11

Distribution

This species is native to

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and

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References

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

External links

Bourguignat, J.-R. (1863-1868). Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Tome 1 (= "Première centurie (Mars 1863 à Décembre 1868)") 324 pp., pls 1-45 (1863-1868)

Fagot, P. (1884-1886). Contribution a la faune malacologique de la Catalogne. Annales de Malacologie. 2 (1/2): 169-192; 2 (3): 193-194. Paris.
penchinati Molluscs of Europe Gastropods described in 1868 {{Geomitridae-stub