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

Alopia livida
Shell of Alopia livida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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  • Balea livida (Menke, 1828) superseded combination
  • Clausilia (Alopia) livida Menke, 1828 superseded combination
  • Clausilia (Alopia) livida f. bipalatalis M. Kimakowicz, 1883 superseded combination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)
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

Description

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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

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This species occurs in Romania. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alopia livida (Menke, 1828). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Rossmässler, E.A. (1838–1844). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Dresden and Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung. p. 16. Retrieved 3 September 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.