Xeroplexa olisippensis

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Xeroplexa olisippensis
X.-olisippensis.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa olisippensis

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:
Geomitridae
Subfamily:
Genus:
Xeroplexa
Species:
X. olisippensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa olisippensis
(, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Candidula olisippensis (Servain, 1880)

Xeroplexa olisippensis is a species of air-breathing land snail endemic to Portugal, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Description[]

Xeroplexa olisippensis Boliqueime. Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.


Distribution and habitat[]

Xeroplexa olisippensis has its distribution in Portugal, widely spread through the western part of the country, from Porto to Faro. It lives in ruderal habitats, open forest, grassland, edges of rivers even in dunes under the stones or on the stems of vegetation. [1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Martínez-Ortí, A. (2011). "Xeroplexa olisippensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156481A4952312. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156481A4952312.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

External links[]

http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/


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