| Xerotricha conspurcata | |
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| Xerotricha conspurcata shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerotricha |
| Species: | X. conspurcata |
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| Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
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Xerotricha conspurcata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Description
Xerotricha conspurcata grows up to 4.5 x 6.8 mm in size. It has a striated mottled brown shell marked with short hairs. This species makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.
Distribution
This snail is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. It has been recorded in the United States in California and Washington as an introduced species.
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- "AnimalBase :: Xerotricha conspurcata species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- Koene, Joris M; Schulenburg, Hinrich (2005). "Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 5: 25. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-25. PMC 1080126. PMID 15799778.
- Gladstone, Nicholas S.; Bordeau, Trystan A.; Leppanen, Christy; McKinney, Michael L. (2020-06-17). "Spatiotemporal patterns of non-native terrestrial gastropods in the contiguous United States". NeoBiota. 57: 133–152. doi:10.3897/neobiota.57.52195. ISSN 1314-2488. S2CID 225746854.
Further reading
- Calcara, P. (1842). Cenno topografico dei dintorni di Termini, 1-32. Palermo. (Roberti)
- Hausdorf, B. (1990). Über die Verbreitung von Microxeromagna armillata (Lowe, 1852) und Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) in Griechenland und der Türkei (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae). Malakologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 15 (1, 6): 55–62. Dresden
- Gittenberger, E. (1991). On Cyprian Helicellinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Helicidae), making a new start. Zoologische Mededelingen, 65 (7): 99–128. Leiden
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
- Arrébola, J. (2011). "Xerotricha mariae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9794A13016614. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T9794A13016614.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116
- Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XI
- Morelet, A. (1880). La faune malacologique du Maroc en 1880. Journal de Conchyliologie. 28(1): 1-83, pl. 3.
- Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). Biodiversity Journal. 12 (3): 589–624
- Alberto Martinéz-Orti. (2008). Taxonomical clarification of the Iberian endemic Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae Gasull, 1972 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Hygromiidae). Basteria, 72(4/6), 147–154.
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