Xerocrassa salvanae

Xerocrassa salvanae 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 Spain.[1][2]

Xerocrassa salvanae
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. salvanae
Binomial name
Xerocrassa salvanae
(Fagot, 1886)
Synonyms

Helix salvanae Fagot, 1886[1]

Taxonomic note

IUCN considers X. salvanae a synonym of Xerotricha madritensis, which is itself a subject of taxonomic ambiguity.[3]

References
  1. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa salvanae". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa salvanae (Fagot 1886)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. Martínez-Ortí, A. & Arrébola, J. (2013). "Xerotricha madritensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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