Xeroplexa | |
---|---|
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa setubalensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
Genus: | Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892 |
Type species | |
Xeroplexa setubalensis Pfeiffer, 1850
| |
Synonyms | |
Helicella (Xeroplexa) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation |
Xeroplexa[1] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,[2] the hairy snails and their allies.[3][4]
Xeroplexa species were within genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula, and the genus Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892 was recovered.[2]
The genus is mainly distributed along western Iberian Peninsula, although X. intersecta spreads from northern Iberian Peninsula to central Europe and British Islands.[5][2]
Species within the genus Xeroplexa include: