Xerosecta terverii
| Xerosecta terverii | |
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| Shell of Xerosecta terverii (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerosecta |
| Species: | X. terverii |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831) | |
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Xerosecta terverii is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is orbicular-depressed, perforated, finely striated, shiny, and whitish or reddish, variously spotted or dotted with black or grey; it has five or six subplanar whorls, with the body whorl carinated at the periphery; the aperture is semi-lunar; the peristome is white inside, one- or two-margined, and subreflected; the apex is blackish. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in southern France, Algeria and Tunisia.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050740 on 2023-09-21
- ↑ Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1831). Complément de l'Histoire des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud. i-xvi, 1-116, Errata (1 p.), 1-12, pls 14-16.
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- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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