Alopia glauca is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]
| Alopia glauca | |
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| Shell of Alopia glauca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alopia |
| Species: | A. glauca
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| Alopia glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 18 mm, its diameter between 3.6 mm and 4.7 mm.
(original description in German) Animal: the upper surface is black-gray, densely covered with elongated granules that converge into five longitudinal lines along the neck; the sole is blue-gray.
Shell: The shell is sinistral and show a wide umbilical slit. It is spindle-shaped and slightly swollen, featuring raised, irregular ribs that evolve into densely spaced, regular longitudinal striae. The surface is matte-glossy, violet in color, with a reddish apex, and when fresh, covered with a bluish bloom. The shell has 10 to 10.5 convex whorls, marked by a deep suture. The suture line and the densely wrinkled, prominently swollen neck are white. The aperture is pear-shaped. The lip is continuous, slightly detached, strongly reflexed, and lipped, with the lip being brownish-white and the palate yellow-brown. The lamellae are short and receding. [2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Alopia glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1853). "Diagnosen neuer Heliceen". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 10 (4). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Bielz, E.A. (1853). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der siebenbürgischen Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. 4 (9): 120.
- Kimakowicz, M. von (1883). "Beitrag zur Mollusken-Fauna Siebenbürgens". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften. 33: 54.
