Albinaria sphakiota

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Triantis, K. (2017).[https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/171543/85579705|"Albinaria sphakiota".]. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

| taxon = Albinaria sphakiota

| authority = (Maltzan, 1887)Maltzan, H. von 1887. Neue kretenser Landschnecken. - Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 14: 117-119. Frankfurt am Main.

| synonyms =

  • Clausilia sphakiota
  • Albinaria porphyrostoma

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Albinaria sphakiota is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1993901 |title=Taxonomy Browser |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine |language=en |publication-place=US |access-date=2018-12-25}} The species is endemic to Crete.

Distribution

This species occurs in Greece. It is known from steep gorges in Sfakia, western Crete: Imbros Gorge, Aradena Gorge and Asfendou Gorge.Kittel, K., Hirschfelder, H. J. 2018. The Genus Albinaria VEST 1867 in Crete. Acta Conchyliorum. Volume: 17. Club Conchylia. Öhringen, Germany.

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