Xerogyra is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.
The genus is distributed in the Italian Peninsula. Xerogyra species were within the genus Candidula until a molecular phylogeny revealed the polyphyly of Candidula and, the genus Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892 was recovered.
Species Species within the genus Xerogyra include: Xerogyra fiorii (Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1938) Xerogyra grovesiana (Paulucci, 1881) Xerogyra spadae (Calcara, 1845)
References
Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149-152. Frankfurt am Main Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017