| Xerosecta cespitum | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerosecta |
| Species: | X. cespitum |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
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Xerosecta cespitum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[2]
Distribution
This snail is native to south Spain, Mallorca, southern France, northwestern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Elba, and Morocco to Tunisia.
This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.
Five views of a shell of Xerosecta cespitum
References
- ↑ Gargominy, O. (2011). "Xerosecta cespitum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T156409A4940719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156409A4940719.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050727 on 2022-07-24
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xerosecta cespitum.
- Xerosecta cespitum at AnimalBase
- Image of Xerosecta cespitum at gireaud.net
- Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116
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