Alopia livida

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

Subspecies

• Alopia livida deaniana A. H. Cooke, 1922
• Alopia livida julii A. J. Wagner, 1914
• Alopia livida livida (Menke, 1828)
• Alopia livida straminicollis (Charpentier, 1852)
• Alopia livida vargabandii Fehér & Szekeres, 2019

Alopia livida
Shell of Alopia livida
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Alopia
Species:	A. livida
Binomial name
Alopia livida (Menke, 1828)
Synonyms
Alopia (Alopia) livida (Menke, 1828) · alternative representation Alopia (Alopia) livida bipalatalis (M. Kimakowicz, 1883) (junior synonym) Alopia livida bipalatalis (M. Kimakowicz, 1883) (junior synonym) Balea livida (Menke, 1828) superseded combination Clausilia (Alopia) livida Menke, 1828 superseded combination Clausilia (Alopia) livida f. bipalatalis M. Kimakowicz, 1883 superseded combination Clausilia livida Menke, 1828 (original name)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 2 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

(Description in Latin of Balea livida) A dextral, fusiform shell with a slit. The shell is violet, featuring a white suture and fine striations. The aperture is broadly oval, and the cervix (the section of the shell between the aperture and the spire) is white and striated. The peristome is continuous, attached, slightly reflexed, and lip-like. The columella has a single fold, and there is a small fold on the aperture wall. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania. ^[1]