Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)

Plazzi, Federico & Pedroni, Guido, 2023, Biodiversity of extant snails (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in the Pliocene Mountain Spur Natural Reserve (Northern Apennine, Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 95688-95688 : 95688

Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Pedroni ; individualCount: 2; occurrenceID: A584CEB2-3F7E-585C-AA1D-449296410568; Location : country: Italy; locality: Road between Monte del Frate and Monte Adone (5), PMS, Setta Valley ; verbatimElevation: 336 m; Identification : identifiedBy: Pedroni; Event: eventDate: 12.VI.2022

Notes

Shell medium-sized, very variable, ranging from grey to yellow, with variable bands and spots; 5-6 flattened coils are present; peristome whitish or reddish; umbilicus large. The species inhabits meadows, ruderal habitats, roadsides and margins of arable fields ( Cossignani and Cossignani 1995, Welter-Schultes 2012, Cossignani and Cossignani 2020). It is common near coasts and in valleys, but it can inhabit sunny mountain slopes in rocky areas in Italy ( Welter-Schultes 2012). This is the first report for the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine and Emilia-Romagna areas.