Alopia subcosticollis

Alopia subcosticollis
	Shell of Alopia subcosticollis
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. subcosticollis
Binomial name
	Alopia subcosticollis; (A. Schmidt, 1868)
Synonyms
	Alopia (Alopia) subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868) alternative representation; Clausilia straminicollis var. subcosticollis A. Schmidt, 1868 unaccepted (original name);

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

Subspecies

† Alopia subcosticollis majorosi Szekeres, 2007
Alopia subcosticollis subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868
Alopia subcosticollis tamasorum Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia vicina tamasorum Szekeres, 2007 (superseded combination, basionym)
Alopia subcosticollis vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894): synonym of Alopia vicina vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)(superseded combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 19 mm its diameter between 3.7 mm and 4.5 mm.

The sinistral shell is reddish-violet in color. It is often covered by milky surface layers and is nearly smooth. The suture is white, and there are 9 to 11 relatively convex whorls. The cervix features strong, typically short, white corrugated ribs extending from the keel region. The columellar fold is prominent and curved, with three palatal folds. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.

References

1 2 subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868) 8 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
1 2 http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2870 AnimalBase: Alopia subcosticollis]

Schmidt, A. (1868). System der europäischen Clausilien und ihrer nächsten Verwandten. Cassel: Theodor Fisher. p. 26. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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)

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868) 8 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[AB-2] 1 2 http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2870 AnimalBase: Alopia subcosticollis]

Alopia subcosticollis

Shell of Alopia subcosticollis
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. subcosticollis
Binomial name
*Alopia subcosticollis* (A. Schmidt, 1868)

Synonyms
Alopia (Alopia) subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868) alternative representation Clausilia straminicollis var. subcosticollis A. Schmidt, 1868 unaccepted (original name)