Alopia glauca

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

Alopia glauca
Shell of Alopia glauca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. glauca
Binomial name
Alopia glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853)
Synonyms
Alopia (Kimakowiczia) glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853) alternative representation Balea glauca E. A. Bielz, 1853 (original combination) Clausilia (Alopia) glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853) superseded combination Clausilia (Alopia) glauca var. costata M. Kimakowicz, 1883 junior subjective synonym Clausilia latens L. Pfeiffer, 1853 (junior synonym)

Description

The 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

This species occurs in Romania. ^[1]