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

Alinda viridana
Shell of Alinda viridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alinda
Species:
A. viridana
Binomial name
Alinda viridana
(Rossmässler, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Alinda (Pseudalinda) viridana (Rossmässler, 1836) · alternative representation
  • Clausilia montana L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Clausilia viridana Rossmässler, 1836 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 4⅓ mm.

(Original description in Latin of Clausilia montana) The shell is fusiform-cylindrical with an arched slit. It is solid, tightly folded, and slightly glossy, with a horn-yellow coloration. The spire is cylindrical, gradually tapering to a blunt apex, and the suture is impressed with a slight margin. The shell consists of 13 whorls, with the first 9 to 10 being convex and the subsequent ones somewhat flattened. The body whorl is rough at the front, featuring a very short crest at the base. The aperture is oblong-pyriform, with a moderately sized upper lamella and a deep, slightly branched lower lamella. The crescent-shaped fold is narrow, accompanied by a single upper palatal fold, while the columellar fold is slightly submerged. The peristome is continuous, free, and only slightly expanded, with a thick white lip on the inside. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Romania. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alinda viridana (Rossmässler, 1836). 18 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1847). "Diagnosen neuer Heliceen". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4 (1): 70. Retrieved 18 August 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva: Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  • Rossmässler, E.A. (1835–1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Dresden und Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung.