Alopia canescens

Last updated

Alopia canescens
Alopia canescens 002.jpg
Shell of Alopia canescens
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alopia
Species:
A. canescens
Binomial name
Alopia canescens
(Charpentier, 1852)
Alopia-canescens-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Synonyms
  • Alopia (Alopia) canescens(Charpentier, 1852) · alternative representation
  • Clausilia (Alopia) canescensCharpentier, 1852
  • Clausilia canescensCharpentier, 1852 (original combination)
  • Clausilia glorificaRossmässler, 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]

Contents

Subspecies

Description

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

This species occurs in Romania. [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Planorbis</i> Genus of gastropods

Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.

<i>Ruthenica filograna</i> Species of gastropod

Ruthenica filograna is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

<i>Bithynia transsilvanica</i> Species of gastropod

Bithynia transsilvanica is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

<i>Arianta</i> Genus of gastropods

Arianta is a medium-sized genus of European land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.

<i>Vitrea subrimata</i> Species of gastropod

Vitrea subrimata is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

Albinaria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, called the door snails.

<i>Alopia</i> Genus of land snails

Alopia is a genus of gastropods belonging to subfamily Alopiinae of the family Clausiliidae.

<i>Alinda fallax</i> Species of gastropod

Alinda fallax is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

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

<i>Alopia bielzii</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia bogatensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia glorifica</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia lischkeana</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia plumbea</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia livida</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Alopia glauca</i> Species of gastropod

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.