Xerocrassa lasithiensis Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Xerocrassa

Characterisation

Accidental?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Milatou, Hausdorf & Sauer 2009
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos

Comments

Known from the eastern part of central Crete.

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Hausdorf, B. & Sauer, J. 2009. Revision of the Helicellinae of Crete (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 157: 373-419.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Xerocrassa lasithiensis Hausdorf & Sauer, 2009. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 02.06.2021, Accessed 29.10.2025