Alopia regalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alopia |
| Species: | A. regalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851)
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Alopia regalis is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Alopia regalis deubeli (Clessin, 1890)
- Alopia regalis doftanae H. Nordsieck, 1977
- Alopia regalis glabriuscula (Rossmässler, 1858)
- Alopia regalis microstoma (M. Kimakowicz, 1883)
- Alopia regalis nordsiecki Grossu & Tesio, 1973
- Alopia regalis petrensis H. Nordsieck, 1996
- Alopia regalis proclivis (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia regalis regalis (M. Bielz, 1851)
- Alopia regalis sabinae R. Kimakowicz, 1928
- Alopia regalis wagneri (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia regalis mutabilis (M. Kimakowicz, 1894): taxon inquirendum (based on an unavailable original name; the oldest synonym becomes the accepted name of this taxon)
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs in Romania and Croatia[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851). 8 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ AnimalBase: Alopia pretiosa
- ^ AnimalBase: Alopia regalis
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.
- Bielz, E.A. (1858). "Eine malacologische Excursion in das Burzenland". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt. 9: 147.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
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