Xerotricha

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Xerotricha
Xerotricha conspurcata shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xerotricha
Monterosato, 1892[1]
Type species
Helix conspurcata
Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Castellana Hatch, Milton & Armitage, 1970
  • Helicella (Xerotricha) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helix (Xerotricha) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Jabalconia Ortiz de Zárate López, 1952 ·
  • Polytrichia Pallary, 1922 ·
  • Pseudoxerotricha Ortiz de Zárate, 1950
  • Xeromicra Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerophila (Polytrichia) Pallary, 1922 ·
  • Xerophila (Xerotricha) Monterosato, 1892

Xerotricha is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.[2][3]

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