Alopia canescens

Alopia canescens is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.^[1]

Subspecies

• Alopia canescens ambigua M. Kimakowicz, 1883
• Alopia canescens caesarea (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
• Alopia canescens canescens (Charpentier, 1852)
• Alopia canescens costata (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
• Alopia canescens haueri (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
• Alopia canescens nefaria (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
• Alopia canescens striicollis H. Nordsieck, 2024

Alopia canescens
Shell of Alopia canescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852)
Synonyms
Alopia (Alopia) canescens (Charpentier, 1852) · alternative representation Clausilia (Alopia) canescens Charpentier, 1852 Clausilia canescens Charpentier, 1852 (original combination) Clausilia glorifica Rossmässler, 1856 (junior synonym)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 14 mm, its diameter is 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) It differs from Alopia livida straminicollis (Charpentier, 1852), to which it is very similar in appearance, by having a more constricted, somewhat turreted-fusiform shell, entirely smooth and frosted. It lacks palatal folds. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania. ^[1]