Xeroplexa intersecta

Xeroplexa intersecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[1] [2]

Xeroplexa intersecta
Xeroplexa intersecta shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xeroplexa
Species:
X. intersecta
Binomial name
Xeroplexa intersecta
(Poiret, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801)
  • Helix (Xerophila) caperata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix (Xerophila) caperata var. mogadorensis Lowe, 1861 (junior synonym)
  • Helix caperata Montagu, 1803
  • Helix carcusiaca Mabille, 1881
  • Helix carcusiaca var. lingostierensis Caziot, 1909 (suspected synonym)
  • Helix deferiana Bourguignat [in Locard], 1882
  • Helix expedenta Locard, 1899
  • Helix ignota Mabille, 1865
  • Helix imula Locard, 1899
  • Helix intersecta Poiret, 1801
  • Helix paladilhei Bourguignat, 1866
  • Helix pictonum Bourguignat [in Locard], 1882
  • Helix subintersecta Bourguignat in Locard, 1882
  • Xerophila mogadorensis (Lowe, 1861) (superseded generic combination)
  • Xerophila mogadorensis var. fusca Pallary, 1922 (junior synonym)

It was previously included within the genus Candidula.[1]

This snail can be a pest species in agricultural settings.

Description

The 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) × 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) shell has 5 convex whorls. The aperture is simple without a lip; the aperture margin is slightly reflected near the umbilicus. The umbilicus is open and variably wide. The periostracum is whitish or yellowish with brown bands or spots and finely striated. The animal is yellowish or bluish grey with dark brown pigments. The upper tentacles are long, and the lower tentacles are very short.[3]

Xeroplexa intersecta Botanic Gardens, Cambridge (England). Scale bar 0.5 cm.

Distribution
Distribution

This species is known to occur within its native range in a number of Central and Western European countries and islands including:

It also lives as an introduced species in:

  • Oregon, United States[4]
  • Colombia
  • Chile
  • New Zealand
  • Australia

References
  1. Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308897 on 2022-07-30
  3. Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
  4. "Candidula intersecta". Oregon State University.
  • Lowe, R. T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860: 169-204
  • Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.
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