''Albinaria ariadne'' is a
species
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of air-breathing
land snail
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, a
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the family
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). Mollusca ...
, the door snails. The species is
endemic
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to
Crete
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.
It has been stated that further research is necessary whether ''Albinaria ariadne'' is an independent species. Based on shell characters it seems closely related to ''
Albinaria idaea'', except that ''Albinaria ariadne'' has a weak basalis.
[Welter-Schultes, F. 2010. Revision of the genus '']Albinaria
''Albinaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, most ...
'' in Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
(Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
): presence of geographically variable monotypic and polytypic species (Gastropoda
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. ...
: Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). Mollusca ...
). Archiv für Molluskenkunde
''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, covering research in malacology.
Coverage
''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' publishes original research on all aspects of mol ...
: International Journal of Malacology, 139(2), 143-245.
Distribution
This species occurs in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. It is only known from a local occurrence near Orthés (S of
Perama
Perama ( el, Πέραμα) is a suburb of Piraeus. It is part of Athens urban area and belogs to the Piraeus regional unit. It lies on the southwest edge of the Aegaleo mountains, on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is 8 km northwest of Piraeus, ...
) in northern central
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
.
[Kittel, K., Hirschfelder, H. J. 2018. The Genus '']Albinaria
''Albinaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, most ...
'' VEST 1867 in Crete. Acta Conchyliorum. Volume: 17. Club Conchylia. Öhringen, Germany.
References
External links
AnimalBase :: Albinaria ariadne species homepage
Albinaria
Gastropods described in 1991
Endemic fauna of Crete
Molluscs of Europe
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