Neocrassa neocrassa

Neocrassa neocrassa
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Neocrassa Subai, 2005
Species:	N. neocrassa
Binomial name
Neocrassa neocrassa (Zilch, 1952)
Synonyms
Helix crassaPfeiffer, 1850 Codringtonia neocrassaZilch, 1952

Neocrassa neocrassa is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to Epirus and Kerkyra in northwestern Greece and to southern Albania. ^[2] It is the sole species of the genus. ^[3]

Description

Shell large (diameter 34-48 mm, height 19-26 mm), flattened, thick-walled, with open umbilicus. Colour largely brown, shell largely covered by broad, fused horny brown bands interrupeted by paler transverse streaks. Apertural lip white. The foot is yellowish to ochre coloured, with dark spots. The eye stalks are reddish brown, ^[2]

Distribution

Limited to a small area in the nortwest of Greece (including Kerkyra) and the south of Albania. ^[2]

References

1. "Codringtonia neocrassa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T156924A5017251. 2011. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156924A5017251.en . Retrieved 14 June 2025.
2. Subai, Peter (2005-07-26). "Revision der Gattung Codringtonia Kobelt 1898 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae: Helicinae)" [Revision of the genus Codringtonia Kobelt 1898]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde (in German). 134 (1): 65–119. Bibcode:2005ArMol.134...65S. doi: 10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/134/065-119 . ISSN   0003-9284.
3. Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2022). "Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers?". Diversity. 14 (1): 24. doi: 10.3390/d14010024 . ISSN   1424-2818.

External links

• MolluscaBase
• iNaturalist