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Xeroplexa intersecta

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Candidula-intersecta 09.jpg

| image_caption = Xeroplexa intersecta shells

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref =

| genus = Xeroplexa

| species = intersecta

| authority = (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  • Helix (Xerophila) caperata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded generic combination)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  • Xerophila mogadorensis (Lowe, 1861) (superseded generic combination)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)

}}

Xeroplexa intersecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.{{Cite journal|last=Chueca|first=Luis J.|last2=Gómez-Moliner|first2=Benjamín J.|last3=Madeira|first3=María José|last4=Pfenninger|first4=Markus|date=January 2018|title=Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=118|pages=357–368|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022|pmid=29107619}}

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

It was previously included within the genus Candidula.

This snail can be a pest species in agricultural settings.

Description

The {{cvt|4|-|7|mm}} × {{cvt|7|-|12|mm}} 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.[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1601 Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)]

File:X.intersecta 3views.jpg (England). Scale bar 0.5 cm.]]

Distribution

File:Candidula-intersecta-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg

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{{cite web|url=http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/Candidula.htm|title=Candidula intersecta|publisher=Oregon State University}}
  • Colombia
  • Chile
  • New Zealand
  • Australia

References

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  • 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.

External links

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  • http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/
  • [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1601 Candidula intersecta] at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
  • [http://eol.org/pages/452024/media Candidula intersecta ] images at Encyclopedia of Life
  • Fauna Europaea [https://fauna-eu.org/ Search] Distribution
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15981015 Pallary, P. (1922). Faune malacologique du Grand Atlas. Journal de Conchyliologie, 66 (2) [1921]: 89-154, pl. 3-5; 66 (3) [1921]: 185-217. Paris.]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3074393 Caziot, E. (1909). Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Alpes-Maritimes. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 34: 87-95, 99-104.]

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intersecta

Category:Gastropods described in 1801

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