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Xeroplana

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Xeroplana
Shell of Xeroplana doumeti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xeroplana
Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix doumeti Bourguignat, 1876
Synonyms
  • Helix (Numidia) Issel, 1885 (invalid; not Forster, 1817 nor...)
  • Numidia Issel, 1885 (invalid, preoccupied)
  • Xerofalsa Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerophila (Xeroplana) Monterostao, 1892 (superseded generic combination)

Xeroplana is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplana Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995136 on 2022-07-30
  • Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
  • Manganelli, G., Favilli, L. & Giusti, F. (1997). A revision of three Maghrebian hygromiid genera: Numidia Issel, 1885, Xerofalsa Monterosato, 1892 and Xeroplana Monterosato, 1892 (Pulmonata, Helicoidea). The Veliger, 40: 55–66. Berkeley.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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