Alopia canescens explained

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

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

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. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.

References

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

External links

• Rossmässler . E.A. . Natürliche Folgenreihe von Balea glorifica bis Clausilia plumbea . Malakozoologische Blätter . 1856 . 3 . 6 .

Notes and References

1. Charpentier . J. de . Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies . Journal de Conchyliologie . 1852 . 3 . 4 . 364 . 3 September 2024.