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Xerocrassa kydonia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. kydonia
Binomial name
Xerocrassa kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009
Synonyms
Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009 · alternate representation

Xerocrassa kydonia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to north-west Crete, from Platanos in the west to Kakopetros in the east, and the Rodopou peninsula in the north.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa kydonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189718A8765650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T189718A8765650.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049715 on 2022-08-09
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa kydonia". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) kydonia Hausdorf & Sauer 2009". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.

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.

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