Xerocrassa seetzeni
Encyclopedia
Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae
.
desert in Israel investigated by Yom-Tov (1970) Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
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Distribution
In the area of NegevNegev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert in Israel investigated by Yom-Tov (1970) Xerocrassa seetzeni was the most common snail species.
External links
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1312