Alopia glorifica

Alopia glorifica
Shell of Alopia glorifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alopia
Species:
A. glorifica
Binomial name
Alopia glorifica
(Charpentier, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Alopia (Alopia) glorifica (Charpentier, 1852) · alternative representation
  • Balea glorifica Rossmässler, 1856

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

Subspecies
  • Alopia glorifica deceptans Deli & Szekeres, 2011
  • Alopia glorifica elegantissima H. Nordsieck, 1977
  • Alopia glorifica glorifica (Charpentier, 1852)
  • Alopia glorifica intercedens (A. Schmidt, 1857)
  • Alopia glorifica magnifica R. Kimakowicz, 1962
  • Alopia glorifica subita (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
  • Alopia glorifica valachiensis (O. Boettger, 1879)
  • Alopia glorifica vranceana Grossu, 1967
  • Alopia glorifica sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia lischkeana sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007 (basionym)
  • Alopia glorifica valeriae Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia mafteiana valeriae Szekeres, 2007 (basionym)
  • Alopia glorifica var. galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943: synonym of Alopia lischkeana galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943 (superseded rank)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

(Original description) The entire shell is plicated, with widely spaced, slightly raised whorls. It has three deep palatal folds, with the upper one being distinct and the others faint.[2]

(Description originally in Latin of Balea glorifica) A sinistral shell, deeply rimate and fusiform, covered by an epidermis with bluish and cherry-red tones, and lightly striated. It features 8 white, convex whorls with an impressed suture. The spire is swollen, striated, and has anterior plicate ribs. The aperture is pear-shaped and rounded, with a continuous peristome that is slightly reflexed and somewhat thickened. The interior is either white or liver-colored. The spire concludes with a subtly expressed, oblique, striated lamella. The aperture wall is briefly uniplicate near the margin.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Alopia glorifica (Charpentier, 1852). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b Charpentier, J. de (1852). "Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies". Journal de Conchyliologie. 3 (4): 364. Retrieved 3 September 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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