''Xerocrassa picardi'' is or was a species of air-breathing

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, a terrestrial

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 in the family

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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa picardi (F. Haas, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262257 on 2022-08-06 This species is or was endemic to Israel.

Conservation status

In the 1996 IUCN Red list, the species was listed as extinct or locally extinct. According to the Mienis (2003),Mienis H. K. 2003. ''Xerocrassa davidiana picardi: a terrestrial snail on the brink of extinction in Israel''
Tentacle No. 11—January 2003
10-11. in 2003 the species was at the edge of extinction.

Conservation status

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