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Xerocrassa mesostena
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. mesostena
Binomial name
Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879)
Synonyms
Helix (Jacosta) sphakiota Maltzan, 1883 (junior synonym) Helix (Xerophila) mesostena Westerlund, 1879 (original combination) Helix psiloritana Maltzan, 1883 (junior synonym) Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena (Westerlund, 1879) · alternate representation Xerocrassa psiloritana (Maltzan, 1883) Xerocrassa sphakiota (Maltzan, 1883)

Xerocrassa mesostena 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 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.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. ^ Vardinoyannis, K.; Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa mesostena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156748A4991338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156748A4991338.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa mesostena (Westerlund, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050716 on 2022-08-11
3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa mesostena". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) mesostena (Westerlund 1879)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

• Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4
• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Sauer, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg.
• Maltzan, H. von. (1883). Diagnosen neuer kretischer Helices. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 15: 102-106. Frankfurt am Main.

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• Xerocrassa
• Molluscs of Europe
• Endemic fauna of Crete
• Gastropods described in 1879
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