Alopia regalis is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alopia |
| Species: | A. regalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851)
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- Subspecies
- Alopia regalis deubeli (Clessin, 1890)
- Alopia regalis doftanae H. Nordsieck, 1977
- Alopia regalis glabriuscula (Rossmässler, 1858)
- Alopia regalis microstoma (M. Kimakowicz, 1883)
- Alopia regalis nordsiecki Grossu & Tesio, 1973
- Alopia regalis petrensis H. Nordsieck, 1996
- Alopia regalis proclivis (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia regalis regalis (M. Bielz, 1851)
- Alopia regalis sabinae R. Kimakowicz, 1928
- Alopia regalis wagneri (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia regalis mutabilis (M. Kimakowicz, 1894): taxon inquirendum (based on an unavailable original name; the oldest synonym becomes the accepted name of this taxon)
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 16 mm its diameter between 3.9 mm and .5 mm.[2]
The violet-brown shell is nearly smooth, with fine ribbing near the aperture. The suture is white, and the interior of the aperture is yellowish-brown. The margin is slightly reflected. The parietal and columellar folds are well developed, with a long principal fold and a shorter upper palatal fold, while no additional palatal folds are present.[3][4]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Alopia regalis (M. Bielz, 1851). 8 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ AnimalBase: Alopia pretiosa
- ^ AnimalBase: Alopia regalis
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Bielz, M. (1851). "Verzeichniss der Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Siebenbürgens". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. 2: 59. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- Bielz, E.A. (1858). "Eine malacologische Excursion in das Burzenland". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt. 9: 147.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
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