Xerocrassa nicosiana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Geomitridae
- Genus
- Xerocrassa
- Species
- Xerocrassa nicosiana
- Scientific Name
- Xerocrassa nicosiana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xerocrassa nicosiana
Xerocrassa nicosiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae. Adults measure 11–19 mm wide and 9–15 mm tall. The spherical shell is glossy whitish, with spirally-arranged horn-brown bands that are arranged irregularly and frequently interrupted. The snail is endemic to Cyprus, where it occurs mainly on the central part of the island. It is a terrestrial species that inhabits dry xeric shrubland. It is listed as being of least concern on the IUCN Red List as it is thought to be common and faces no evident threats.
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Sibling Taxa
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- Xerocrassa barceloi
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- Xerocrassa caroli
- Xerocrassa cisternasi
- Xerocrassa claudia
- Xerocrassa claudiconus
- Xerocrassa cobosi
- Xerocrassa cretica
- Xerocrassa davidiana
- Xerocrassa derogata
- Xerocrassa ebusitana
- Xerocrassa edmundi
- Xerocrassa fourtaui
- Xerocrassa franciscoi
- Xerocrassa frater
- Xerocrassa geyeri
- Xerocrassa gharlapsi
- Xerocrassa grabusana
- Xerocrassa grata
- Xerocrassa heraklea
- Xerocrassa homeyeri
- Xerocrassa jimenensis
- Xerocrassa kydonia
- Xerocrassa langloisiana
- Xerocrassa lasithiensis
- Xerocrassa meda
- Xerocrassa mesostena
- Xerocrassa mienisi
- Xerocrassa molinae
- Xerocrassa montserratensis
- Xerocrassa newka
- Xerocrassa nicosiana
- Xerocrassa nyeli
- Xerocrassa penchinati
- Xerocrassa picardi
- Xerocrassa pilsbryi
- Xerocrassa poecilodoma
- Xerocrassa pseudojacosta
- Xerocrassa rhithymna
- Xerocrassa ripacurcica
- Xerocrassa roblesi
- Xerocrassa seetzeni
- Xerocrassa shoshanae
- Xerocrassa siderensis
- Xerocrassa simulata
- Xerocrassa subrogata
- Xerocrassa subvariegata
- Xerocrassa tuberculosa
- Xerocrassa turolensis
- Xerocrassa zaharensis
- Xerocrassa zilchi
- Xerocrassa zviae