Xerocrassa caroli

Xerocrassa caroli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.^{[2] [3]}

Xerocrassa caroli
Shell of Xerocrassa caroli (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. caroli
Binomial name
Xerocrassa caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)
Synonyms
Helix caroli Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862 · unaccepted (original combination) Xerocrassa (Amandana) caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) · alternate representation

The species joined at least 8 subspecies.^[4][5]

• Xerocrassa caroli alegriae Schröder, 1984 [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli caroli (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli conjungens (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli espartariensis Schröder, 1984 [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli jaeckeli (Altimira, 1965) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli scopulicola (Bofill i Poch & Aguilar-Amat, 1924) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli vedrae (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]
• Xerocrassa caroli vedranellensis (Jaeckel, 1952) [8]

Distribution

Distribution

This species is endemic to Spain, where it occurs in the Pityusic islands of Ibiza and Formentera.^[1][6][7]