Xerogyra

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]

Xerogyra
Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae
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Xerogyra

Type species
Xerogyra spadae
Calcara, 1845
Diversity
3 species

Species

Species within the genus Xeroplexa include:

References

  1. Monterosato, T. A. di (1892). "Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia". Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3 (2): 1–33.
  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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