Alopia glorifica


Alopia glorifica is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.
;Subspecies:Alopia glorifica deceptans Deli & Szekeres, 2011Alopia glorifica elegantissima H. Nordsieck, 1977Alopia glorifica glorifica Alopia glorifica intercedens Alopia glorifica magnifica R. Kimakowicz, 1962Alopia glorifica subita Alopia glorifica valachiensis Alopia glorifica vranceana Grossu, 1967Alopia glorifica sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia lischkeana sarkanyi Szekeres, 2007 Alopia glorifica valeriae Szekeres, 2007: synonym of Alopia mafteiana valeriae Szekeres, 2007 Alopia glorifica var. galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943: synonym of Alopia lischkeana galbina R. Kimakowicz, 1943

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.
The entire shell is plicated, with widely spaced, slightly raised whorls. It has three deep palatal folds, with the upper one being distinct and the others faint.
A sinistral shell, deeply rimate and fusiform, covered by an epidermis with bluish and cherry-red tones, and lightly striated. It features 8 white, convex whorls with an impressed suture. The spire is swollen, striated, and has anterior plicate ribs. The aperture is pear-shaped and rounded, with a continuous peristome that is slightly reflexed and somewhat thickened. The interior is either white or liver-colored. The spire concludes with a subtly expressed, oblique, striated lamella. The aperture wall is briefly uniplicate near the margin.

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.