''Xerotricha'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s, a
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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
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s in the subfamily
Helicellinae of 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. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996342 on 2022-07-30]
Species
Species in the genus ''Xerotricha'' include:
Species in genus ''Xerotricha''
. AnimalBase, accessed 7 October 2009.
* '' Xerotricha adoptata'' (Mousson, 1872)
* '' Xerotricha apicina'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Xerotricha barcinensis
''Xerotricha'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...
'' (Bourguignat, 1868)
* ''Xerotricha bierzona
''Xerotricha bierzona'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha bierzona (E. Gittenberge ...
'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* ''Xerotricha conspurcata
''Xerotricha conspurcata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Description
''Xerotricha conspurcata'' grows up to 4.5 x 6.8 mm in size. It has a striated mottled b ...
'' (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species
* ''Xerotricha corderoi
''Xerotricha corderoi'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha corderoi (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977). Accessed thr ...
'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* '' Xerotricha gasulli'' (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
* ''Xerotricha gonzalezi
''Xerotricha'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...
'' (Azpeitia Moros, 1925)
* '' Xerotricha huidobroi'' (Azpeitia Moros, 1925)
* '' Xerotricha jamuzensis'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* '' Xerotricha lancerottensis'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* '' Xerotricha madritensis'' (Rambur, 1868)
* '' Xerotricha mariae'' (Gasull, 1972)
* '' Xerotricha nodosostriata'' (Mousson, 1872) (uncertain)
* '' Xerotricha nubivaga'' (Mabille, 1882)
* '' Xerotricha orbignii'' (d'Orbigny, 1836)
* '' Xerotricha pavida'' (Mousson, 1872)
* '' Xerotricha renei'' (Fagot, 1882)
* '' Xerotricha silosensis'' (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
* '' Xerotricha vatonniana'' (Bourguignat, 1867)
* ''Xerotricha zaratei
''Xerotricha zaratei'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha zaratei (E. Gittenberger & ...
'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* ''Xerotricha zujarensis
''Xerotricha zujarensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zá ...
'' (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
References
* Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149-152. Frankfurt am Main
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Geomitridae
{{Geomitridae-stub