Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [4]
Xerocrassa seetzeni | |
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Shell of Xerocrassa seetzeni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerocrassa |
Species: | X. seetzeni
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Binomial name | |
Xerocrassa seetzeni | |
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Xerocrassa seetzeni is native to the Near East region, from Syria to northern Saudi Arabia.[2]
In the area of the Negev desert in Israel, investigated by Yom-Tov (1970), Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.[3]