MolluscaBase taxon details
Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)
1002561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1002561)
accepted
Species
Allerya cupani (Calcara, 1842) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae Gasull, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880 · unaccepted (original name)
Helix (Xerotricha) conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted
Helix aetnaea Benoit, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix cupaniana Calcara, 1842 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Helix cupanii Calcara, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix illuviosa G. Nevill, 1880 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (on original label)
Helix moricola Paladilhe, 1875 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Helix conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). <i>Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France</i>. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 93 [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002561 on 2026-01-19
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original description
(of Helix conspurcata Draparnaud, 1801) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). <i>Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France</i>. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Helix cupanii Calcara, 1842) Calcara, P. (1842). Cenno topografico dei dintorni di Termini. 1-32. Palermo. (Roberti). , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN64022282X
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Helix aetnaea Benoit, 1857) Benoit, L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, pls 1-9, 11-12 [part 1: pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857); Part 2: pp. 53-116 (1857); Part 3: pp. 117-180 (1859); Part 4: pp. 181-248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13182364
page(s): 96, pl. 4, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880) Morelet, A. (1880). La faune malacologique du Maroc en 1880. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(1): 1-83, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919137
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880) Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880) Abbès, I.; Ezzine, I. K.; Neubert, E. (2023). On some haired land snails from Northern Africa. <em>Basteria.</em> 87 (2): 130-137.
page(s): 134, Fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae Gasull, 1974) Gasull, L. (1974). Una nueva Helicella de la provincia de Almeria, Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae n. sp. Boletín de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 17: 71-72. Palma de Mallorca.
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E. (1991). On Cyprian Helicellinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Helicidae), making a new start. Zoologische Mededelingen, 65 (7): 99-128. Leiden [31 July].
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hausdorf, B. (1990). Über die Verbreitung von Microxeromagna armillata (Lowe, 1852) und Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) in Griechenland und der Türkei (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae). Malakologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 15 (1, 6): 55-62. Dresden [15 October].
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 12 (3): 589–624., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.3.589.624
page(s): 600 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Neckheim, C. M. & Tilburg, K. (2024). Een derde vindplaats van de Gevlekte grasslak <i>Xerotricha conspurcata</i> (Draparnaud, 1801) in Nederland. <em>Spirula.</em> 440: 5-7.
page(s): 5-7 [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Helix cupanii Calcara, 1842) Calcara, P. (1842). Cenno topografico dei dintorni di Termini. 1-32. Palermo. (Roberti). , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN64022282X
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Helix aetnaea Benoit, 1857) Benoit, L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, pls 1-9, 11-12 [part 1: pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857); Part 2: pp. 53-116 (1857); Part 3: pp. 117-180 (1859); Part 4: pp. 181-248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13182364
page(s): 96, pl. 4, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880) Morelet, A. (1880). La faune malacologique du Maroc en 1880. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(1): 1-83, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919137
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880) Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880) Abbès, I.; Ezzine, I. K.; Neubert, E. (2023). On some haired land snails from Northern Africa. <em>Basteria.</em> 87 (2): 130-137.
page(s): 134, Fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae Gasull, 1974) Gasull, L. (1974). Una nueva Helicella de la provincia de Almeria, Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae n. sp. Boletín de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 17: 71-72. Palma de Mallorca.
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E. (1991). On Cyprian Helicellinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Helicidae), making a new start. Zoologische Mededelingen, 65 (7): 99-128. Leiden [31 July].
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hausdorf, B. (1990). Über die Verbreitung von Microxeromagna armillata (Lowe, 1852) und Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) in Griechenland und der Türkei (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae). Malakologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 15 (1, 6): 55-62. Dresden [15 October].
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 12 (3): 589–624., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.3.589.624
page(s): 600 [details] Available for editors
additional source Neckheim, C. M. & Tilburg, K. (2024). Een derde vindplaats van de Gevlekte grasslak <i>Xerotricha conspurcata</i> (Draparnaud, 1801) in Nederland. <em>Spirula.</em> 440: 5-7.
page(s): 5-7 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Syntype (of Helix (Xerophila) conspurcata var. illuvinosa G. Nevill, 1880) MHNG-MOLL 114099 [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 97146)
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xerotricha conspurcata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880; Syntype(s); NMW.1955.158.26798) (from synonym Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Malacopics (Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) )
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xerotricha conspurcata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880; Syntype(s); NMW.1955.158.26798) (from synonym Helix dumivaga Morelet, 1880)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Malacopics (Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) )