Mediterranea amaltheae

Mediterranea amaltheae
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Oxychilidae
Genus:	Mediterranea
Species:	M. amaltheae
Binomial name
Mediterranea amaltheae (Riedel & Subai, 1982) [2]

Mediterranea amaltheae is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. ^[3]

This species is endemic to Greece and was found on Crete.

References

1. Triantis, K. (2017). "Mediterranea amaltheae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T15771A85575680. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15771A85575680.en . Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. (in German) Riedel A. & Subai P. (1982). "Beschreibung einer neuen Oxychilus-Art aus Kreta nebst neuen Angaben über Oxychilus ionicus (Gastropoda: Zonitidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde112(1/6): 21-26.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mediterranea amaltheae (A. Riedel & Subai, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002674 on 2021-11-20

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017