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

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.

  • 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). . Malakozoologische Blätter. 3 (6).