Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822) is a animal in the Geomitridae family, order Stylommatophora, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)

Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)

Xerotricha apicina is a small air-breathing land snail in Geomitridae found across parts of Europe, Africa, and Macaronesia.

Family
Genus
Xerotricha
Order
Stylommatophora
Class
Gastropoda

About Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)

Xerotricha apicina, with the scientific name Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822), is a species of small air-breathing land snail that belongs to the family Geomitridae. This snail is distributed across southern Europe (including Cyprus and Crete), North Africa (including Tunisia and Morocco), and Macaronesia (including Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde).

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Stylommatophora Geomitridae Xerotricha

More from Geomitridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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