Xerocrassa montserratensis

Xerocrassa montserratensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[2]

Xerocrassa montserratensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerocrassa
Species:	X. montserratensis
Binomial name
Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)
Synonyms
Helix montserratensis Hidalgo, 1870 Helix montserratensis var. betulonensis Bofill, 1879 (junior synonym) Helix montserratensis var. delicatula Bofill, 1898 (junior synonym) Trochoidea montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870) Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870) · alternate representation Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis betulonensis (Bofill, 1879) Xerocrassa (Amandana) montserratensis montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870) · alternate representation Xerocrassa montserratensis betulonensis (Bofill, 1879) (junior synonym) Xerocrassa montserratensis delicatula Bofill, 1898 Xerocrassa montserratensis montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870)

Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical X. m. subsp. montserratensis and X. m. subsp. betulonensis.^[1][3]

Geographic distribution

Distribution

Xerocrassa montserratensis is endemic to Spain, where it is restricted to the Montserrat mountain chain and the mountains of the Besòs river basin in the Catalan province of Barcelona.^[1][3][4]