Xerogyra grovesiana

Xerogyra grovesiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]

Xerogyra grovesiana
Xerogyra grovesiana Castrovalva, Gole de Sagittario. L'Aquila (Italy). Scale bar 0.5 cm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerogyra
Species:
X. grovesiana
Binomial name
Xerogyra grovesiana
(Paulucci, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Candidula grovesiana (Paulucci, 1881) (superseded combination)
  • Helix (Xerophila) grovesiana Paulucci, 1881 (original combination)

Distribution

Distribution

This species occurs in Italy.

References

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Candidula grovesiana Accessed 2014.11.14
  2. Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
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