Alopia vicina is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]
| Alopia vicina | |
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| Shell of Alopia vicina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alopia |
| Species: | A. vicina
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| Binomial name | |
| Alopia vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
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- Subspecies
- Alopia vicina fortunata R. Kimakowicz, 1931
- Alopia vicina occulta R. Kimakowicz, 1931Small text
- Alopia vicina tamasorum Szekeres, 2007
- Alopia vicina vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia vicina var. coronata R. Kimakowicz, 1943: synonym of Alopia mariae coronata R. Kimakowicz, 1943 (superseded rank, basionym)
- Taxa inquirenda
- Alopia vicina var. peregrina R. Kimakowicz, 1943
- Alopia vicina var. riessi R. Kimakowicz, 1943
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 21 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5 mm. [2]
(Original description in German) This species can be distinguished from Alopia jickelii (a synonym of Alopia livida straminicollis (Charpentier, 1852)) by its significantly more swollen outer wall, which is broader and more rounded at the base, lacking the interrupted folds at the neck. The aperture is not trapezoidal but rather egg-shaped, with the basal fold either absent or only indicated by a small, subtle ridge near the uppermost palatal fold. The clausilium is similarly broad and structured like that of Alopia jickelii, but there is a small, narrow notch visible between the spindle and outer lobe. [3]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Alopia vicina (M. Kimakowicz, 1894). 10 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ AnimalBase: Alopia occulta
- ^ Kimakowicz, M. von (1894). "Prodromus zu einer Monographie des Clausilia-Subgenus Alopia H. et A. Adams. Beitrag zur Mollusken-Fauna Siebenbürgens, III. Nachtrag". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt. 43: 49. Retrieved 10 September 2024.