Albinaria janicollis
| Albinaria janicollis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Albinaria |
| Species: | A. janicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Albinaria janicollis Schultes & Wiese, 1991[2]
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Albinaria janicollis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Greece. It is endemic to Crete, where it occurs only on the Gianysada Island within the Islands of Dionysades.[2][3]
Description
[edit]This clausilid species is characterized by a small, prominently ribbed shell. It is not bulbously shaped but with a straight outline. At the penultimate whorl it is detached and protruding with a small aperture.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Triantis, K (2017)."Albinaria janicollis".. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.3: e.T171423A85578972. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
- ^ a b c Schultes, W. & Wiese, V. 1991. Die Gattung Albinaria auf Kreta: VII. Die Landschneckenfauna der Dionisádes-Inseln. Schriften zur Malakozoologie, 4: 76-93, Cismar/Ostholstein.
- ^ Welter-Schultes, F. 2010. Revision of the genus Albinaria in Crete (Greece): presence of geographically variable monotypic and polytypic species (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology, 139(2), 143-245.
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