Xerosecta cespitum

TaxID: 225452

Basic Information

Xerosecta cespitum

Grande caragouille, Snail

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. 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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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Mollusca

Gastropoda

Stylommatophora

Geomitridae

Xerosecta

cespitum

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Photos (5 photos)

Xerosecta cespitum
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(c) Karim Haddad@BY
Xerosecta cespitum
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(c) Karim Haddad@BY
Xerosecta cespitum
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(c) Klaus Gilmer@BY-NC
Xerosecta cespitum
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(c) Roberto Sindaco@BY-NC-SA
Xerosecta cespitum
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(c) H. Zell@BY-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (12 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Belgium Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
Greece Present —
Italy Present —
Morocco Present —
Monaco Present —
Netherlands Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature