Alopia subcosticollis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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|status_system=IUCN3.1

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| image_caption = Shell of Alopia subcosticollis

| taxon = Alopia subcosticollis

| authority = (A. Schmidt, 1868)

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

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Alopia subcosticollis is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.{{WRMS species|10497450Alopia subcosticollis (A. Schmidt, 1868)|8 September 2024}}

;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  • Alopia subcosticollis tamasorum Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia vicina tamasorum Szekeres, 2007 (superseded combination, basionym)
  • Alopia subcosticollis vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894): synonym of Alopia vicina vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)(superseded combination)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. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2870 AnimalBase: Alopia subcosticollis]

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. {{source-attribution}}

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.

References

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  • {{cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=A. |title=System der europäischen Clausilien und ihrer nächsten Verwandten. |date=1868 |publisher=Theodor Fisher |location=Cassel |page=26 |url={{GBurl|WaQ-AAAAcAAJ}} |access-date=8 September 2024}}
  • {{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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subcosticollis

Category:Gastropods described in 1868

Category:Endemic fauna of Romania