Xerogyra
Xerogyra is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.
| Xerogyra | |
|---|---|
| Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix spadae Calcara, 1845 | |
The genus is distributed in the Italian Peninsula. Xerogyra species were within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula and, the genus Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 was recovered.
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