Chondrina arcadica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chondrinidae.[2] This species is also known under the synonym Chondrina arcadica clienta (Westerlund 1883).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Chondrina |
| Species: | C. arcadica
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| Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881)
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The species is found South Europe and Sweden.[2]
Subspecies:[4]
- Chondrina arcadica abundans (Westerlund, 1894)
- Chondrina arcadica arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881) or Chondrina arcadica clienta (Westerlund, 1883)
- Chondrina arcadica bulgarica H. Nordsieck, 1970
- Chondrina arcadica caucasica Ehrmann, 1931
Shell description
editThe shell of this species is slender, greyish brown to reddish brown. It is conical-ovoid in shape with 7 to 7+1⁄2 whorls. The shell is slightly translucent and shows regular axial lines. There is some microgeographical variation in its shell size. The apertural margin is slightly widened, and has a thin, whitish lip. There are strong, angular teeth along the aperture.
Distribution
editThe distribution of this species is Alpine and southeastern-European.[5] but this snail can occur as far north as on the Baltic island of Öland, southern Sweden. The snails can be found on exposed limestone rocks to a height of about 2,500 m.
This species occurs in:
- Czech Republic - vulnerable (VU)[6]
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[7]
Feeding habits
editChondrina clienta feeds on calcicolous lichens.
References
edit- ^ (in German) Reinhardt O. 1881. Eine Anzahl griechischer Schnecken. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der Naturforschenden Freunde, Berlin 1881 (9): 135-137.
- ^ a b "Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Chondrina clientqa". Molluscs of central Europe. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
- ^ (in Czech) Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic, cited 19 September 2008
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.