Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Xerocrassa Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Hygromiidae Scientific name Xerocrassa seetzeni Rank Species | |
Similar Sphincterochila boissieri, Trochoidea, Xerocrassa, Sphincterochila, Trochoidea picardi | ||
Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Distribution
Xerocrassa seetzeni is native to the Near East region, from Syria to northern Saudi Arabia.
In the area of the Negev desert in Israel, investigated by Yom-Tov (1970), Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.
References
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