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Alopia canescens

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Alopia canescens
Shell of Alopia canescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alopia
Species:
A. canescens
Binomial name
Alopia canescens
(Charpentier, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Alopia (Alopia) canescens (Charpentier, 1852) · alternative representation
  • Clausilia (Alopia) canescens Charpentier, 1852
  • Clausilia canescens Charpentier, 1852 (original combination)
  • Clausilia glorifica Rossmässler, 1856 (junior synonym)

Alopia canescens is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Alopia canescens ambigua M. Kimakowicz, 1883
  • Alopia canescens caesarea (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
  • Alopia canescens canescens (Charpentier, 1852)
  • Alopia canescens costata (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
  • Alopia canescens haueri (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
  • Alopia canescens nefaria (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
  • Alopia canescens striicollis H. Nordsieck, 2024

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 14 mm, its diameter is 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) It differs from Alopia livida straminicollis (Charpentier, 1852), to which it is very similar in appearance, by having a more constricted, somewhat turreted-fusiform shell, entirely smooth and frosted. It lacks palatal folds. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Romania. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Charpentier, J. de (1852). "Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies". Journal de Conchyliologie. 3 (4): 364. Retrieved 3 September 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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