Xerocrassa nicosiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Xerocrassa |
| Species: | X. nicosiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Xerocrassa nicosiana (Gittenberger, 1991)
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Distribution edit
This species is endemic to Cyprus, where it occurs mainly on the central part of the island.[1][3][4]
References edit
- ^ a b Vardinoyannis, K.; Triantis, K. (2011). "Xerocrassa nicosiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T157077A5046215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157077A5046215.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa nicosiana (E. Gittenberger, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050717 on 2022-08-11
- ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Xerocrassa nicosiana". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Taxon Details: Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) nicosiana (E. Gittenberger 1991)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- Gittenberger, E. (1991). On Cyprian Helicellinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Helicidae), making a new start. Zoologische Mededelingen, 65 (7): 99–128. Leiden
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.