Albinaria idaea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Albinaria |
| Species: | A. idaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Albinaria idaea | |
Two percostate populations are known. Based on shell characters, Albinaria idaea seems closely related to Albinaria ariadne, except that Albinaria ariadne has a weak basalis. It has been stated that further research is necessary to clarify the status of Albinaria ariadne.[4]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Greece. It is known from central Crete and the Paximadia islands.[4][5]
Subspecies edit
There is no consensus concerning the identification of subspecies in Albinaria idaea. Two contradictory systems have been proposed:
- In 1977, Nordsieck[6][7] distinguished 6 subspecies, of which one (Albinaria idaea zeus) was later rejected by Nordsieck in 1998.[8] In 2017, one additional subspecies (Albinaria idaea letoana) was described by Nordsieck.[9]
- In contrast, Welter Schultes[4] and other authors did not agree with Nordsiecks subspecies classification and proposed to distinguish no subspecies at all.[5]
Molecular genetic analyses have to clarify the status of the subspecies described.
References edit
- ^ Triantis, K (2017)."Albinaria idaea".. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.3: e.T171063A85577616. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
- ^ Pfeiffer L. 1850. Descriptions of thirty new species of Tornatellina, Cylindrella, and Clausilia, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 17 (1849): 134-141. London.
- ^ MolluscaBase 2018. Albinaria idaea (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027388 on 2019-01-20
- ^ a b c Welter-Schultes, F. W. 2010. Revision of the genus Albinaria in Crete (Greece): presence of geographically variable monotypic and polytypic species (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology, 139(2), 143–245. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/143-245
- ^ a b Kittel, K., Hirschfelder, H. J. 2018. The Genus Albinaria VEST 1867 in Crete. Acta Conchyliorum. Volume: 17. Club Conchylia. Öhringen, Germany.
- ^ Nordsieck, H. 1977a. Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVII. Taxonomische Revision des Genus Albinaria Vest. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 107 (4/6): 285-307; Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Nordsieck, H. 1977b. Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 108 (1/3):73-107. Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Nordsieck, H. 1998. A new subspecies of Albinaria idaea ( L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). Heldia, 2 (5/6): 123-126, pl. 17; München.
- ^ Nordsieck, H. 2017. New Species Taxa of the Genus Albinaria Vest (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae. in Crete. Conchylia 48(1-2):9-30 Öhringen.
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