Albinaria Idaea
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''Albinaria idaea'' is a
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of air-breathing
land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
, a
terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...
pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the family
Clausiliidae Clausiliidae, also known by the common name door snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, very elongate, mostly Gastropod shell#Chirality in gastropods, left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terre ...
, the door snails.MolluscaBase 2018. ''Albinaria idaea'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027388 on 2019-01-20 Two percostate populations are known. Based on shell characters, ''Albinaria idaea'' seems closely related to ''
Albinaria ariadne ''Albinaria ariadne'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is endemic to Crete. It has been stated that further research is necessary whether ...
'', except that ''
Albinaria ariadne ''Albinaria ariadne'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is endemic to Crete. It has been stated that further research is necessary whether ...
'' has a weak basalis. It has been stated that further research is necessary to clarify the status of ''
Albinaria ariadne ''Albinaria ariadne'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is endemic to Crete. It has been stated that further research is necessary whether ...
''.Welter-Schultes, F. W. 2010. Revision of the genus ''
Albinaria ''Albinaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, called the door snails. Ecology and Life Cycle These species of snails live on limestone rocks, where they feed on alga ...
'' in
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): presence of geographically variable monotypic and polytypic species (
Gastropoda Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
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Clausiliidae Clausiliidae, also known by the common name door snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, very elongate, mostly Gastropod shell#Chirality in gastropods, left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terre ...
).
Archiv für Molluskenkunde ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, covering research in malacology. Coverage ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' publishes original research on all aspects of mo ...
: International Journal of Malacology, 139(2), 143–245. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/143-245


Distribution

This species occurs in
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. It is known from central
Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
and the Paximadia islands.Kittel, K., Hirschfelder, H. J. 2018. The Genus ''
Albinaria ''Albinaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, called the door snails. Ecology and Life Cycle These species of snails live on limestone rocks, where they feed on alga ...
'' VEST 1867 in
Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
. Acta Conchyliorum. Volume: 17. Club Conchylia. Öhringen, Germany.


Subspecies

There is no consensus concerning the identification of subspecies in ''Albinaria idaea''. Two contradictory systems have been proposed: *In 1977, Nordsieck distinguished 6 subspecies, of which one ('' Albinaria idaea zeus'') was later rejected by Nordsieck in 1998. In 2017, one additional subspecies ('' Albinaria idaea letoana'') was described by Nordsieck.Nordsieck, H. 2017. New Species Taxa of the Genus ''
Albinaria ''Albinaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, called the door snails. Ecology and Life Cycle These species of snails live on limestone rocks, where they feed on alga ...
'' Vest (
Gastropoda Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
,
Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong. 2017. Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of ...
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Clausiliidae Clausiliidae, also known by the common name door snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, very elongate, mostly Gastropod shell#Chirality in gastropods, left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terre ...
. in
Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
. Conchylia 48(1-2):9-30 Öhringen.
*In contrast, Welter Schultes and other authors did not agree with Nordsiecks subspecies classification and proposed to distinguish no subspecies at all. Molecular genetic analyses have to clarify the status of the subspecies described.


References


External links

* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1456 Gastropods described in 1850 Albinaria Endemic fauna of Crete Molluscs of Europe {{Clausiliidae-stub