Alopia canescens
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
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| image_caption = Shell of Alopia canescens
| taxon = Alopia canescens
| authority = (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)
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Alopia canescens is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.{{WRMS species|1049725|Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852)|3 September 2024}}
;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. {{cite journal |last1=Charpentier |first1=J. de |title=Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies |journal=Journal de Conchyliologie |date=1852 |volume=3 |issue=4 |page=364 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856868 |access-date=3 September 2024}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This species occurs in Romania.
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. |title=Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017 |date=2017}}
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Rossmässler |first1=E.A. |title=Natürliche Folgenreihe von Balea glorifica bis Clausilia plumbea |journal=Malakozoologische Blätter |date=1856 |volume=3 |issue=6 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865164}}
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