Albinaria idaea

Albinaria idaea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[4]

Albinaria idaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Clausiliidae
Genus:
Albinaria
Species:
A. idaea
Binomial name
Albinaria idaea
Diversity[3]
6 subspecies

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.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in Greece. It is known from central Crete and the Paximadia islands.[5][6]

Subspecies

There is no consensus concerning the identification of subspecies in Albinaria idaea. Two contradictory systems have been proposed:

  • In 1977, Nordsieck[7][8] distinguished 6 subspecies, of which one (Albinaria idaea zeus) was later rejected by Nordsieck in 1998.[9] In 2017, one additional subspecies (Albinaria idaea letoana) was described by Nordsieck.[10]
  • In contrast, Welter Schultes[5] and other authors did not agree with Nordsiecks subspecies classification and proposed to distinguish no subspecies at all.[6]

Molecular genetic analyses have to clarify the status of the subspecies described.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Subspecies in species Albinaria idaea n=6. AnimalBase, accessed 2019-01-20.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Kittel, K., Hirschfelder, H. J. 2018. The Genus Albinaria VEST 1867 in Crete. Acta Conchyliorum. Volume: 17. Club Conchylia. Öhringen, Germany.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Nordsieck, H. 1998. A new subspecies of Albinaria idaea ( L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). Heldia, 2 (5/6): 123-126, pl. 17; München.
  10. 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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