Xerogyra | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 |
Type species | |
Helix spadae Calcara, 1845
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Xerogyra [1] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2]
The genus is distributed in the Italian Peninsula. Xerogyra species were within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula and, the genus Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 was recovered. [2]
Species within the genus Xerogyra include:
Xerogyra | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 |
Type species | |
Helix spadae Calcara, 1845
|
Xerogyra [1] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2]
The genus is distributed in the Italian Peninsula. Xerogyra species were within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula and, the genus Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 was recovered. [2]
Species within the genus Xerogyra include: