Alopia canescens

Alopia canescens
	Shell of Alopia canescens
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
	Alopia canescens; (Charpentier, 1852)
Synonyms
	Alopia (Alopia) canescens (Charpentier, 1852) · alternative representation; Clausilia (Alopia) canescens Charpentier, 1852; Clausilia canescens Charpentier, 1852 (original combination); Clausilia glorifica Rossmässler, 1856 (junior synonym);

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

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. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania. ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ Charpentier, J. de (1852). "Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies". Journal de Conchyliologie. 3 (4): 364. Retrieved 3 September 2024. 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)

External links

Rossmässler, E.A. (1856). "Natürliche Folgenreihe von Balea glorifica bis Clausilia plumbea". Malakozoologische Blätter. 3 (6).

[WoRMS-1] Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Charpentier, J. de (1852). "Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies". Journal de Conchyliologie. 3 (4): 364. Retrieved 3 September 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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