Xeropicta

The distribution of the genus Xeropicta includes south-eastern Europe to Near East and north-eastern Africa. == Description ==

The shell is always white with brown spiral bands. The shell is medium-sized to small with a subdepressed to subconoidal spire. The umbilicus is open. Reproductive system There is a presence of two symmetrical dart sacs and two long accessory sacs, which are always longer than the dart sacs. There are four branched mucous glands around the vagina and penis is with penial appendix at its base. Penis is innervated from the right cerebral ganglion. == Species ==

Species within the genus Xeropicta include: • Xeropicta akrotirica Gittenberger, 1991 • Xeropicta candaharica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) • Xeropicta carmelensis Forcart, 1976 • Xeropicta derbentina (Krynicki, 1836) • Xeropicta ilanae Forcart, 1981 • Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833) - type species • Xeropicta ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1856) • Xeropicta mesopotamica (Mousson, 1874) • Xeropicta parableta (O. Boettger, 1881) • Xeropicta smyrnocretica (Germain, 1933) • Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841) • Xeropicta zeevbari Mienis & Rittner, 2020 ;Synonym: • Xeropicta tiflisiana Lindholm, 1913: synonym of Kalitinaia tiflisiana (Lindholm, 1913) Xeropicta vestalis joppensis 01.JPG|Xeropicta vestalis joppensis ==References==