Xeroplexa

Xeroplexa^[1] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,^[2] the hairy snails and their allies.^[3][4]

Xeroplexa
Apertural view of the shell of Xeroplexa setubalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Genus:	Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Xeroplexa setubalensis Pfeiffer, 1850
Synonyms
Helicella (Xeroplexa) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation

Xeroplexa species were within genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula, and the genus Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892 was recovered.^[2]

Distribution

The genus is mainly distributed along western Iberian Peninsula, although X. intersecta spreads from northern Iberian Peninsula to central Europe and British Islands.^[5][2]

Species

Species within the genus Xeroplexa include:

• Xeroplexa arrabidensis (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014)
• Xeroplexa belemensis (Servain, 1880)
• Xeroplexa carrapateirensis (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014)
• Xeroplexa coudensis (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2010)
• Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801)
• Xeroplexa olisippensis (Servain, 1880)
• Xeroplexa ponsulensis (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2014)
• Xeroplexa scabiosula (Locard, 1899)
• Xeroplexa setubalensis (Pfeiffer, 1850) type species
• Xeroplexa strucki (Maltzan, 1886)