Alopia vicina

Alopia vicina is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.

• Alopia vicina fortunata <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1931</small>
• Alopia vicina occulta <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1931</small>
• Alopia vicina tamasorum <small>Szekeres, 2007</small>
• Alopia vicina vicina <small>(M. Kimakowicz, 1894)</small>
• Alopia vicina var. coronata <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>: synonym of Alopia mariae coronata <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small> (superseded rank, basionym)

• Alopia vicina var. peregrina <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>
• Alopia vicina var. riessi <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 21 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5 mm.

(Original description in German) This species can be distinguished from Alopia jickelii (a synonym of Alopia livida straminicollis <small>(Charpentier, 1852)</small>) 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.

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.

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