Alopia vicina


Alopia vicina is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.
;Subspecies:Alopia vicina fortunata R. Kimakowicz, 1931Alopia vicina occulta R. Kimakowicz, 1931Alopia vicina tamasorum Szekeres, 2007Alopia vicina vicina Alopia vicina var. coronata R. Kimakowicz, 1943: synonym of Alopia mariae coronata R. Kimakowicz, 1943
;Taxa inquirenda:Alopia vicina var. peregrina R. Kimakowicz, 1943 Alopia vicina var. riessi R. Kimakowicz, 1943

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 21 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5 mm.
This species can be distinguished from Alopia jickelii by its significantly more swollen outer wall, which is broader and more rounded at the base, lacking the interrupted folds at the neck. The aperture is not trapezoidal but rather egg-shaped, with the basal fold either absent or only indicated by a small, subtle ridge near the uppermost palatal fold. The clausilium is similarly broad and structured like that of Alopia jickelii, but there is a small, narrow notch visible between the spindle and outer lobe.

Distribution

This species occurs in Romania.