Alopia regalis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
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| image = Alopia regalis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Alopia regalis
| taxon = Alopia regalis
| authority = (M. Bielz, 1851)
| synonyms=
- Alopia (Alopia) regalis) (M. Bielz, 1851) alternative representation
- Clausilia (Alopia) regalis M. Bielz, 1851 superseded combination
- Clausilia regalis M. Bielz, 1851 (original combination)
|range_map= Alopia-petrensis-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
}}
Alopia regalis is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.{{WRMS species|1049748|Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851)|8 September 2024}}
;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
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 16 mm its diameter between 3.9 mm and .5 mm.[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3907 AnimalBase: Alopia pretiosa]
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.[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3907 AnimalBase: Alopia regalis] {{source-attribution}}{{cite journal |last1=Bielz |first1=M. |title=Verzeichniss der Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Siebenbürgens. |journal=Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. |date=1851 |volume=2 |page=59 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11525478#page/228/mode/1up |access-date=8 September 2024}}
Distribution
References
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- {{cite journal |last1=Bielz |first1=E.A. |title=Eine malacologische Excursion in das Burzenland |journal=Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt |date=1858 |volume=9 |page=147 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11528232}}
- {{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}}
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