Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Hygromiidae Genus Xerocrassa | |
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Similar Xerocrassa, Somali pigeon, Cryptolepis, Trochoidea, Somali wheatear | ||
Xerocrassa montserratensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical X. m. subsp. montserratensis and X. m. subsp. betulonensis.
Geographic distribution
Xerocrassa montserratensis is endemic to Spain, where it is restricted to the Montserrat mountain chain and the mountains of the Besòs river basin in the Catalonian province of Barcelona.
References
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