Xerotricha conspurcata

Summary

Xerotricha conspurcata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[1]

Xerotricha conspurcata
Xerotricha conspurcata shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerotricha
Species:
X. conspurcata
Binomial name
Xerotricha conspurcata
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Helicella (Xerotricha) conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) ·
  • Helicella mariae Gasull, 1974
  • Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 (superseded combination)
  • Helix (Xerotricha) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801
  • Helix aetnaea Benoit, 1857 ·(junior synonym)
  • Helix conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)
  • Helix cupaniana Calcara, 1842 ·(junior synonym)
  • Helix cupanii Calcara, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880 (junior synonym)
  • Helix moricola Paladilhe, 1875 (junior synonym)
  • Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1972)

Description edit

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]

Distribution edit

 
Distribution

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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  2. ^ "AnimalBase :: Xerotricha conspurcata species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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.