Albinaria idaea
Species of gastropod
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Albinaria idaea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[3]
| Albinaria idaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Albinaria |
| Species: | A. idaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Albinaria idaea | |
Two percostate populations are known. Based on shell characters, Albinaria idaea seems closely related to Albinaria ariadne, except that Albinaria ariadne has a weak basalis. It has been stated that further research is necessary to clarify the status of Albinaria ariadne.[4]
Distribution
This species occurs in Greece. It is known from central Crete and the Paximadia islands.[4][5]
Subspecies
There is no consensus concerning the identification of subspecies in Albinaria idaea. Two contradictory systems have been proposed:
- In 1977, Nordsieck[6][7] distinguished 6 subspecies, of which one (Albinaria idaea zeus) was later rejected by Nordsieck in 1998.[8] In 2017, one additional subspecies (Albinaria idaea letoana) was described by Nordsieck.[9]
- In contrast, Welter Schultes[4] and other authors did not agree with Nordsiecks subspecies classification and proposed to distinguish no subspecies at all.[5]
Molecular genetic analyses have to clarify the status of the subspecies described.
