Xeroplana
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| Xeroplana | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Xeroplana doumeti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xeroplana Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix doumeti Bourguignat, 1876 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Xeroplana is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.[1]