Xerotricha conspurcata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[1]
Xerotricha conspurcata | |
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Xerotricha conspurcata shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerotricha |
Species: | X. conspurcata
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Binomial name | |
Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)
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Xerotricha conspurcata grows up to 4.5 x 6.8 mm in size. It has a striated mottled brown shell marked with short hairs.[2] This species makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.[3]
This snail is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe.[1] It has been recorded in the United States in California and Washington as an introduced species.[4]