Neocrassa
| Neocrassa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Tribe: | Helicini |
| Genus: | Neocrassa Subai, 2005 |
| Species: | N. neocrassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocrassa neocrassa (Zilch, 1952) | |
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Neocrassa is a monotypic genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to Epirus and Kerkyra in northwestern Greece and to southern Albania. It contains a single species, Neocrassa neocrassa.
Originally described as a subgenus of Codringtonia, Neocrassa was elevated to genus level following molecular phylogenetic analyses. There are several characters that distinguish Neocrassa from Codringtonia: distal part of flagellum coiled, long diverticulum of bursa copulatrix, strongly branched mucous glands, missing atrial stimulator, love dart anchor-like in cross-section, and a different course of mating.