Xeroplexa olisippensis

Xeroplexa olisippensis
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa olisippensis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Genus:	Xeroplexa
Species:	X. olisippensis
Binomial name
Xeroplexa olisippensis (Servain, 1880)
Synonyms
Candidula olisippensis (Servain, 1880) Helix callisona Locard, 1899 (junior synonym) Helix defectiva Locard, 1899 · Helix micida Locard, 1899 (junior synonym) Helix ofellata Locard, 1899 (junior synonym) Helix olisippensis Servain, 1880 (original combination) Helix portionalis Locard, 1899 (junior synonym) Helix protumida Locard, 1899 (junior synonym) Helix putilla Locard, 1899 (junior synonym)

Xeroplexa olisippensis is a species of air-breathing land snail endemic to Portugal, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Description

Xeroplexa olisippensis Boliqueime. Faro (Portugal). Scale bar 0.5 cm.

Distribution and habitat

Distribution

Xeroplexa olisippensis has its distribution in Portugal, widely spread through the western part of the country, from Porto to Faro. It lives in ruderal habitats, open forest, grassland, edges of rivers even in dunes under the stones or on the stems of vegetation.

External links

• http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/
• Servain, G. (1880). Etude sur les Mollusques recueillis en Espagne et au Portugal. Saint-Germain: Imprimerie D. Bardin. 172 pp