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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species lives in very dry, open and sunny habitats
, near the
coastline, in places with sand
and calcareous
stones
substratum
and
with Mediterranean herbaceous and shrubland vegetation.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Stylommatophora
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Hygromiidae
()
- Tryon, 1866
- Genus:
Xerocrassa
()
- Specific name:
ferreri
- (S.H.F. Jaeckel, 1952)
- Scientific name: - Xerocrassa ferreri (S.H.F. Jaeckel, 1952)
- Specific name:
ferreri
- (S.H.F. Jaeckel, 1952)
- Genus:
Xerocrassa
(
- Family:
Hygromiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
The specimens of this species living in the Insel Pobre (Cabrera Archipelago) have been classified as a different subspecies (Xerocrassa ferreri pobrensis Gasull 1964). The other subpopulations belong to the nominal subspecies.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Xerocrassa
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More Info
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Further Reading
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- Beckmann, K.H. 2007. Die Land-uns Süsswassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln. ConchBooks.
- Gasull, L. 1963. Algunos moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce de Baleares. Boletín de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares 9: 3-80.
- Gasull, L. 1964. Las Helicella (Xeroplexa) de Baleares. Gasteropoda Pulmonata. Boletín de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares 10: 3-67.
- Graack, W. (2005): Die Gattung Xerocrassa Monterosato 1892 (Mollusca, Hygromiidae) von Mallorca - Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur - Cismar 22, pp. 1-64
- Graack, W. 2005. Die Gattung Xerocrassa Monterosato 1892 (Mollusca, Hygromiidae) von Mallorca. Schr. Malakozool 22: 1-64.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- Pons, G.X. and Palmer, X. 1996. Fauna endèmica de les illes Balears. Institut d’Estudis Balearics, Palma de Mallorca.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 25, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 36 providers.
- Gomez, B. 2011. Xerocrassa ferreri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Marlin, Bruce. CirrusImage.com.
- Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16232606
- IUCN ID: 249202
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 874728
Footnotes
- Gomez, B. 2011. Xerocrassa ferreri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
