Albinaria janicollis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]

Albinaria janicollis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Albinaria
Species:
A. janicollis
Binomial name
Albinaria janicollis
Schultes & Wiese, 1991[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Greece. It is endemic to Crete, where it occurs only on the Gianysada Island within the Islands of Dionysades.[2][3]

Description

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This clausilid species is characterized by a small, prominently ribbed shell. It is not bulbously shaped but with a straight outline. At the penultimate whorl it is detached and protruding with a small aperture.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Triantis, K (2017)."Albinaria janicollis".. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.3: e.T171423A85578972. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. ^ a b c Schultes, W. & Wiese, V. 1991. Die Gattung Albinaria auf Kreta: VII. Die Landschneckenfauna der Dionisádes-Inseln. Schriften zur Malakozoologie, 4: 76-93, Cismar/Ostholstein.
  3. ^ Welter-Schultes, F. 2010. Revision of the genus Albinaria in Crete (Greece): presence of geographically variable monotypic and polytypic species (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology, 139(2), 143-245.
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