Alinda elegantissima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alinda |
| Species: | A. elegantissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Alinda elegantissima A. J. Wagner, 1914
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Serbia, with two specific sites in the Nišava valley of Eastern Serbia.[3] It is noted as absent from neighboring Bulgaria.[4]
Relationships
editAlinda elegantissima is placed within the Alinda biplicata species group as sister to A. atanasovi, A. biplicata, A. vratzatica, and A. wagneri. Formerly both A. atanasovi and A. elegantissima had been treated as subspecies of A. biplicata, and while the genitalia of both are closest morphologically to Alinda, the shell characters are closer to those of some Laciniaria species.[3]
Size
editAlinda elegantissima shells range between 10–15 mm (2⁄5–3⁄5 in) tall for the whole species, with a lunellar structure placed closer towards the shell mouth then seen in and the peristome is missing internally placed pliculae or palatial walls.[3]
The shells of A. e. elegantissima range between 10–13.5 mm (2⁄5–13⁄25 in) in height. They also typically have more than 18 ribs per 2 mm (2⁄25 in) long section of penultimate whorl and are narrower than A. e. pirotana shells. In A. e. pirotana shells are usually wider then A. e. elegantissima and a bit shorter on average, ranging between 10–13.5 mm (2⁄5–13⁄25 in) tall. The lunellar is closer to the shell mouth and there are only about 18 ribs per 2 mm (2⁄25 in) penultimate whorl section.[3]
Etymology
editThe subspecies name of Alinda elegantissima pirotana was coined in reference to the type locality for the subspecies, Pirot fort in Pirot, Serbia.[3]
References
edit- ^ Dedov, I. (2017). "Alinda elegantissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75882406A75882690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75882406A75882690.en. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Alinda elegantissima". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Nordsieck, H. (2008). "Alinda biplicata (Montagu) and Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud), diversity in comparison, with the description of new subspecies". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 137: 133–157. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/137/133-157.
- ^ Dedov, I. (2009). "Three new subspecies of Alinda H. & A. Adams 1855 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae) from Bulgaria". Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 61 (3): 229–234.
- Sturany, R.; Wagner, A. J. (1914). "Über schalentragende Landmollusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 91: 19–138.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). "Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017". MolluscaBase.