''Inchoatia inchoata'' is a

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of air-breathing

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, a terrestrial

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in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

Description

The shell is horny brown in color, weakly striated and shiny. The shell has 9-12

whorls A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral d ...

with white suture, often papillated. The cervix is rounded. The

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is U-shaped, inside yellowish brown. The apertural margin is white and not connected at parietal side. Parietalis is strong. Columellaris is with nodules and not very prominent. Lunula is lateral and ]-shaped. there is no basalis. Subcolumellaris is visible in the aperture. The width of the shell is 2.3-2.8 mm. The height of the shell is 10–12 mm.

Distribution

''Inchoatia inchoata'' occurs in Epirus (region), Epirus in

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Subspecies

According to Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd (2009) the species ''Inchoatia haussknechti'' include 4 subspecies: * ''Inchoatia inchoata inchoata'' (O. Boettger, 1889) * ''Inchoatia inchoata klemmi'' (Nordsieck, 1972) * ''Inchoatia inchoata paramythica'' (Nordsieck, 1974) * ''Inchoatia inchoata regina'' (Nordsieck, 1972)

Inchoatia inchoata inchoata

Synonyms include: * ''Clausilia'' (''Agathylla'') ''inchoata'' O. Boettger, 1889 * ''Sericata'' (''Sericata'') ''inchoata inchoata''Nordsieck H. (1972). "Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XI. Neue Formen und taxonomische Revision einiger Gruppen der Alopiinae". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 102: 1-51. * ''Sericata inchoata'' * ''Albinaria inchoata inchoata'';Nordsieck H. (2007). ''Worldwide door snails (Clausiliidae), recent and fossil''. 1-214. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. Nordsieck, 2007: 44. Diagnosis: The shell is hardly different from ''Inchoatia inchoata paramythica''. Teleoconch is with prominent white papillae, continuing as blunt riblets in the background shell colour, on most of the whorls. Parietal side of the apertural border is not protruding. The lamella parietalis reaches the lamella spiralis or is shorter. The lamella columellaris is very low. Range: This subspecies occurs in the mountains c. 20 km north of

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. The type locality is "Zalongo bei Libochovo", Greece, Ipiros, Preveza: Zalongo, 21 km NNW of Preveza, 200 m and 650–725 m alt.

Inchoatia inchoata klemmi

Synonyms include: * ''Sericata'' (''Sericata'') ''inchoata klemmi'' Nordsieck, 1972 * ''Albinaria inchoata klemmi'' Diagnosis: With some white papillae on the initial teleoconch whorls only, following whorls rather glossy, without any riblets. Parietal side of the apertural border is not protruding. Lamella columellaris is very low. Range: This subspecies is only known from near Platanousa. The type locality is "Platanoussa bei Ioannina 50 m.

Inchoatia inchoata paramythica

Synonyms include: * ''Sericata'' (''Sericata'') ''inchoata paramythica'' Nordsieck, 1974Nordsieck H. (1974). "Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XV. Neue Clausilien der Balkan-Halbinsel (mit taxonomischer Revision einiger Gruppen der Alopiinae und Baleinae)". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 104: 123-170. page 127, pl. 4 fig. 11 (holotype). * ''Albinaria inchoata paramythica'' This is by far the most common subspecies in ''Inchoatia''. Diagnosis: The shell is hardly different from ''Inchoatia inchoata inchoata''. Teleoconch with prominent white papillae, continuing as blunt riblets, sometimes whitened but more often in the background shell colour, on most of the whorls. Parietal side of the apertural border is not protruding. Lamella parietalis is reaching beyond the end of the lamella spiralis. Lamella columellaris very low. Range: ''Inchoatia inchoata paramythica'' is known from several localities at relatively low altitudes in Mt Paramithias and the adjoining mountain chains to the north and to the south. The type locality is "Gliki 4 km Richtung Frosini".

Inchoatia inchoata regina

Synonyms include: * ''Sericata'' (''Sericata'') ''regina'' Nordsieck, 1972 * ''Sericata regina'' * ''Albinaria regina'' Diagnosis: Teleoconch is with some white papillae on the initial whorls only, following whorls rather glossy, without any riblets. Parietal side of the apertural border is protruding. Lamella columellaris is somewhat protruding into the aperture. Range: The type locality is "Louros-Durchbruch nahe Ay. Yeoryios bei

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gorge (of the

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) near Ay. Yeoryios.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from referenceGittenberger E. & Uit de Weerd D. R. (2009). "Summarizing data on the ''Inchoatia'' taxa, including ''Inchoatia megdova bruggeni'' subspec. nov. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)". ''

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'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a08 and public domain text from the reference."Species summary for ''Sericata inchoata ''"
AnimalBase, last modified 16 April 2009, accessed 5 September 2010. {{Taxonbar, from=Q6014511 Clausiliidae Endemic fauna of Greece Gastropods described in 1889 Epirus (region)