Xerotricha conspurcata

Xerotricha conspurcata
Xerotricha conspurcata shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) · Helicella mariae Gasull, 1974 Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 (superseded combination) Helix (Xerotricha) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 Helix aetnaea Benoit, 1857 ·(junior synonym) Helix conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 (original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)

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

Description

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

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

1. "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

• 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

• 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.