''Xeroplexa'' is a

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of small, air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

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s in the subfamily

Helicellinae Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. Anatomy The family is characterized by the presence of a free right ommatophoral retr ...

of the family

Geomitridae Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea Helicoidea is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Taxonomic rank, superfamily of air-b ...

, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999573 on 2022-07-30 ''Xeroplexa'' species were within genus ''

Candidula ''Candidula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, .MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Candidula Kobelt, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ht ...

'' until a molecular phylogeny revealed the

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of ''

'', and the genus ''Xeroplexa'' Monterosato, 1892 was recovered.

Distribution

The genus is mainly distributed along western Iberian Peninsula, although ''X. intersecta'' spreads from northern

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and

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Species

Species within the genus ''Xeroplexa'' include: * ''

Xeroplexa arrabidensis ''Xeroplexa arrabidensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa arrabidensis (G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Ho ...

'' (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014) * ''

Xeroplexa belemensis ''Xeroplexa belemensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa belemensis (Servain, 1880). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Servain, 1880) * ''

Xeroplexa carrapateirensis ''Xeroplexa carrapateirensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. The species epithet ''carrapateirensis'' is an adjective derived from the type locality near Carrapatei ...

'' (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014) * ''

Xeroplexa coudensis ''Xeroplexa'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa ...

'' (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2010) * '' Xeroplexa intersecta'' (

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, 1801) * ''

Xeroplexa olisippensis ''Xeroplexa olisippensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail endemic to Portugal, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa olisippensis (Serva ...

'' (Servain, 1880) * '' Xeroplexa ponsulensis'' (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014) * ''

Xeroplexa scabiosula ''Xeroplexa scabiosula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa scabiosula (Locard, 1899). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Locard, 1899) * ''

Xeroplexa setubalensis ''Xeroplexa setubalensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa setubalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed through: World R ...

'' ( Pfeiffer, 1850)

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* '' Xeroplexa strucki'' (Maltzan, 1886)

References

* Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1-34

Chueca, L. J., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Madeira, M. J. & Pfenninger, M. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357-368.
Gastropod genera {{Geomitridae-stub