Xerocrassa simulata
Species of gastropod
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Xerocrassa simulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[1] It is adapted to the Mediterranean climate regime.
| Xerocrassa simulata | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Xerocrassa simulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerocrassa |
| Species: | X. simulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerocrassa simulata Ehrenberg, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Distribution
Life cycle
The size of the egg of this species is 2.6 × 2.1 mm.[3]