Xeroleuca

Xeroleuca is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the typical snails.^[1]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Order:Stylommatophora

Superfamily:Helicoidea

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Xeroleuca
Shell of Xeroleuca mograbina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Genus:	Xeroleuca Kobelt, 1877
Type species
Helix turcica Holten, 1802
Synonyms
Helix (Xeroleuca) Kobelt, 1877 Xerophila (Xeroleuca) Kobelt, 1877 (superseded generic combination)

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It contains the following species:

• Xeroleuca degenerans (Mousson, 1873)
• Xeroleuca mogadorensis (Bourguignat, 1863)
• Xeroleuca mograbina (Morelet, 1852)
• Xeroleuca privatiana (Pallary, 1918)
• Xeroleuca renati (Dautzenberg, 1894)
• Xeroleuca turcica (Holten, 1802)

Taxa inquirenda

• Xeroleuca babelis Pallary, 1920 (taxon inquirendum)
• Xeroleuca brulardi Pallary, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
• Xeroleuca chabertiana Pallary, 1923 (taxon inquirendum)
• Xeroleuca rebiana Pallary, 1913