Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Xerosecta adolfi (Xerosecta adolfi), recorded as Endangered
Xerosecta adolfi (Xerosecta adolfi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Xerosecta adolfi

Xerosecta adolfi

Xerosecta adolfi is a land snail in the family Geomitridae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Xerosecta adolfi
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Geomitridae · Xerosecta

The land snail

These are the familiar land snails and slugs: air-breathing gastropods with a lung, not a gill.

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Spain.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

Xerosecta adolfi is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Xerosecta adolfi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5437730. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Xerosecta explanata (Xerosecta explanata), recorded as EndangeredEN

Xerosecta explanata

Xerosecta explanata
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Xerosecta adolfi?
Xerosecta adolfi is a land snail in the family Geomitridae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Xerosecta adolfi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Xerosecta adolfi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Xerosecta adolfi live?
This species is endemic to Spain.
Why is Xerosecta adolfi in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Xerosecta adolfi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Xerosecta adolfi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.