Alopia regalis

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Alopia regalis
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Shell of Alopia regalis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alopia
Species:
A. regalis
Binomial name
Alopia regalis
(M. Bielz, 1851)
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Synonyms
  • Alopia (Alopia) regalis) (M. Bielz, 1851) alternative representation
  • Clausilia (Alopia) regalisM. Bielz, 1851 superseded combination
  • Clausilia regalisM. Bielz, 1851 (original combination)

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

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 16 mm its diameter between 3.9 mm and .5 mm. [2]

The violet-brown shell is nearly smooth, with fine ribbing near the aperture. The suture is white, and the interior of the aperture is yellowish-brown. The margin is slightly reflected. The parietal and columellar folds are well developed, with a long principal fold and a shorter upper palatal fold, while no additional palatal folds are present. [3] [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania and Croatia [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851) . 8 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. AnimalBase: Alopia pretiosa
  3. AnimalBase: Alopia regalis PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Bielz, M. (1851). "Verzeichniss der Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Siebenbürgens". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. 2: 59. Retrieved 8 September 2024.