Marine Species Traits - Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

AphiaID

1049710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1049710)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892

Original name

Helix (Helicella) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841

Synonymised names

Helicella (Heliomanes) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination (unaccepted subgenus)

Helicella (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Helix (Helicella) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841 · unaccepted (original name)

Helix (Xerophila) cauta Westerlund, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)

Helix chalcidica var. didyma Westerlund, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Helix cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)

Helix cretica var. littoralis Mousson, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)

Helix vermiculata var. gradilis E. von Martens, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) cretica cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · unaccepted

Trochoidea cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Trochoidea cretica cauta (Westerlund, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Xerocrassa (Xerocrassa) cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · alternative representation

Direct children (12)

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Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica barkaensis (Sturany, 1909)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica bengasiana (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica beyedi (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica cremai (P. Hesse, 1926)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica icmalea (Westerlund, 1889)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica pseudokaltenbachi (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica pseudomaritima (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica semidesertorum (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica subabiara (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica syrtica (R. A. Brandt, 1959)
Subspecies Xerocrassa cretica tajunis (R. A. Brandt, 1959)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix (Helicella) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Pfeiffer, L. (1841). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio prima [vol. 1]. Kassel: Th. Fischer. 88 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254132
page(s): 40 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Greece

type locality contained in Greece [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049710 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-12-20 07:59:28Z

created

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Helix (Helicella) cretica L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Pfeiffer, L. (1841). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio prima [vol. 1]. Kassel: Th. Fischer. 88 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254132
page(s): 40 [details]

original description (of Helix cretica var. littoralis Mousson, 1854) Mousson, A. (1854). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient, 59 pp., 1 plate. Zürich (Zürcher & Furrer) [partly (namely pages 16-55) reprinted in 1854: Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 3 (8, 101): 362‑372; 3 (8, 102): 373‑388; 3 (8, 103): 389‑402. Page 1-15, the “Additions et corrections” and the “Explication de la planche” on page 55-59 and the plate were not published in the "Mittheilungen"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47588377
page(s): 31–32 [reprinted: 1854, Mitth. naturf. Ges. Zürich, 3 (8, 102): 378] [details]

original description (of Helix (Xerophila) cauta Westerlund, 1879) Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4. [< 4 November]. Napoli (Tornese).
page(s): 63, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Helix chalcidica var. didyma Westerlund, 1879) Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4. [< 4 November]. Napoli (Tornese).
page(s): 65, pl. 2, fig. 19 [details]

original description (of Helix vermiculata var. gradilis E. von Martens, 1889) Martens, E. von. (1889). Griechische Mollusken. Gesammelt von Eberh. von Örtzen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 55, 1 (2): 169‑240, pl. 9‑11. Berlin., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6236939
page(s): 187, pl. 10, fig. 12 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype (of Helix cretica var. littoralis Mousson, 1854) ZMZ 503693 [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xerocrassa cretica)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)

Unreviewed

Xerocrassa cretica