Alopia glorifica

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

Subspecies

• Alopia glorifica deceptans Deli & Szekeres, 2011
• Alopia glorifica elegantissima H. Nordsieck, 1977
• Alopia glorifica glorifica (Charpentier, 1852)
• Alopia glorifica intercedens (A. Schmidt, 1857)
• Alopia glorifica magnifica R. Kimakowicz, 1962
• Alopia glorifica subita (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
• Alopia glorifica valachiensis (O. Boettger, 1879)
• Alopia glorifica vranceana Grossu, 1967
• Alopia glorifica sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia lischkeana sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007 (basionym)
• Alopia glorifica valeriae Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia mafteiana valeriae Szekeres, 2007 (basionym)
• Alopia glorifica var. galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943: synonym of Alopia lischkeana galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943 (superseded rank)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

(Original description) The entire shell is plicated, with widely spaced, slightly raised whorls. It has three deep palatal folds, with the upper one being distinct and the others faint.^[2]

(Description originally in Latin of Balea glorifica) A sinistral shell, deeply rimate and fusiform, covered by an epidermis with bluish and cherry-red tones, and lightly striated. It features 8 white, convex whorls with an impressed suture. The spire is swollen, striated, and has anterior plicate ribs. The aperture is pear-shaped and rounded, with a continuous peristome that is slightly reflexed and somewhat thickened. The interior is either white or liver-colored. The spire concludes with a subtly expressed, oblique, striated lamella. The aperture wall is briefly uniplicate near the margin.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.^[1]