Xeroplexa scabiosula
Species of gastropod
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Xeroplexa scabiosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Geomitridae.[1][2]
| Xeroplexa scabiosula | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa scabiosula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xeroplexa |
| Species: | X. scabiosula |
| Binomial name | |
| Xeroplexa scabiosula (Locard, 1899) | |
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Although this species was named by Locard (1899), it was treated as synonym of X. belemensis by Gittenberger (1993).[3][4]
Description
Shells very similar to those of X. arrabidensis and X. belemensis, with a relatively large umbilicus, but shell breadth smaller at maturity and ribs on dorsal surface of body whorl less developed (absent or very weak).[3]
Distribution
Endemic to Portugal (western Iberian Peninsula), where restricted to limestone districts of central Algarve.