Xerocrassa mesostena

Xerocrassa mesostena is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Greece, where it occurs across almost the whole island of Crete, except from the eastern and north-western tip, and the region between Chania and the Psiloritis mountains.[1][2][3]

Xerocrassa mesostena
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. mesostena
Binomial name
Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879)
Synonyms
Xerocrassa psiloritana (Maltzan, 1883)[1] Xerocrassa sphakiota (Maltzan, 1883)[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Vardinoyannis, K. & Triantis, K. (2013). "Xerocrassa mesostena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.old-form url
2. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa mesostena". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
3. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena (Westerlund 1879)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

Further reading

• Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.