Xerogyra spadae

Xerogyra spadae
Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Xerogyra
Species:
X. spadae
Binomial name
Xerogyra spadae
(Calcara, 1845)[2]
Synonyms
  • Candidula spadae (Calcara, 1845)
  • Helix bathyomphala L. Pfeiffer, 1848 (junior synonym)
  • Helix destituta L. Pfeiffer, 1853 (junior synonym)
  • Helix spadae Calcara, 1845

Xerogyra spadae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[3][4]

The specific name spadae, "Spada's", Pietro Calcara commemorated Giovanni Jacopo Spada (1680–1774), an Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist of Verona.

  1. ^ von Proschwitz, T.; Falkner, M.; Falkner, G.; Hallgass, A. (2011). "Xerogyra spadae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156311A4925317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156311A4925317.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Calcara P. (1845). Cenno sui molluschi viventi e fossili della Sicilia da servire di supplimento ed insieme di critiche osservazioni all'opera di R. A. Philippi. pp. 1–65, [1–2], Tav. I-IV [= 1–4]. Palermo. page 49, Table 3, Fig. 1.
  3. ^ 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. Bibcode:2018MolPE.118..357C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
  4. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerogyra spadae (Calcara, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308889 on 2022-07-28