Xerosecta cespitum

Xerosecta cespitum
	A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Xerosecta
Species:	X. cespitum
Binomial name
	Xerosecta cespitum; (Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
	Cernuella (Xeromagna) cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801); Helix (Xerophila) cespitum Draparnaud, 1801 (superseded combination); Helix cespitum Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination); Helix coespitum A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841 (invalid; incorrect subsequent spelling); Xerosecta (Xeromagna) cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801) · alternate representation;

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

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

This snail is native to south Spain, Mallorca, southern France, northwestern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Elba, and Morocco to Tunisia.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of mating behavior.

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