Xerocrassa seetzeni

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Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[4]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Order:Stylommatophora
Family:Geomitridae
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Xerocrassa seetzeni
Shell of Xerocrassa seetzeni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerocrassa
Species:
X. seetzeni
Binomial name
Xerocrassa seetzeni
(Pfeiffer, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix seetzenii Pfeiffer, 1847[2]
  • Helix (Euparypha) seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Helix (Euparypha) seetzeni var. antilibanica Germain, 1911
  • Helix sabaea Charpentier, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Helix seetzeni L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (original combination)
  • Helix seetzeni var. avia Westerlund, 1889 (junior synonym)
  • Helix seetzeni var. subinflata Mousson, 1861 (junior synonym)
  • Trochoidea seetzenii (Charpentier, 1847)[3]
  • Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) · alternate representation
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Distribution

Xerocrassa seetzeni is native to the Near East region, from Syria to northern Saudi Arabia.[2]

In the area of the Negev desert in Israel, investigated by Yom-Tov (1970), Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.[3]

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