Xeroplexa intersecta, commonly known has wrinkled snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308897 on 2022-07-30
It was previously included within the genus Candidula.
This snail can be a pest species in agricultural settings.
Description The × shell has 5 convex whorls. The aperture is simple without a lip; the aperture margin is slightly reflected near the umbilicus. The umbilicus is open and variably wide. The periostracum is whitish or yellowish with brown bands or spots and finely striated. The animal is yellowish or bluish grey with dark brown pigments. The upper tentacles are long, and the lower tentacles are very short.Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
Distribution
This species is known to occur within its native range in a number of Central and Western European countries and islands including: Great Britain Ireland France Portugal Belgium Netherlands Denmark Spain Germany
It also lives as an introduced species in: Oregon, United States Colombia Chile New Zealand Australia
References
Lowe, R. T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860: 169-204 Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.
External links
http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/candidula-s-l/ Candidula intersecta at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images Candidula intersecta images at Encyclopedia of Life Fauna Europaea Search Distribution Pallary, P. (1922). Faune malacologique du Grand Atlas. Journal de Conchyliologie, 66 (2) [1921: 89-154, pl. 3-5; 66 (3) : 185-217. Paris.] Caziot, E. (1909). Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Alpes-Maritimes. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 34: 87-95, 99-104.