Xerogyra spadae
Species of air-breathing land snail / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xerogyra spadae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[3] [4]
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Xerogyra spadae | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Xerogyra spadae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xerogyra |
Species: | X. spadae |
Binomial name | |
Xerogyra spadae (Calcara, 1845)[2] | |
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The specific name spadae, "Spada's", Pietro Calcara commemorated Giovanni Jacopo Spada (1680–1774), an Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist of Verona.