Clausilia plicatula var. albinos Roffiaen, 1868

Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Vinarski, Maxim V., Samyn, Yves & Tomotani, Barbara Mizumo, 2025, François Roffiaen's terrestrial and freshwater gastropod types in the collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, ZooKeys 1239, pp. 103-121 : 103-121

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1239.150840

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15482707

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scientific name

Clausilia plicatula var. albinos Roffiaen, 1868
status

 

Clausilia plicatula var. albinos Roffiaen, 1868

Clausilia plicatula var. albinos Roffiaen, 1868: 76.

Type material.

Single specimen, at present not located.

Type locality.

Switzerland: Iseltwald.

Taxonomic status.

Junior synonym of Macrogastra plicatula plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) .

Discussion.

No specimens belonging to this taxon were found. The original description mentioned a single shell, whitish and transparent (hence, “ albinos ”), as belonging to this variety, while commenting that the nominate form is common and very variable ( Roffiaen 1868: 76). Thus, this variety based on an albino specimen (or otherwise presenting partial or total loss of pigments) can be considered synonymous with the nominate form. Macrogastra plicatula is widespread in Europe, including many records in the area encompassing Iseltwald representing M. p. plicatula ( Turner et al. 1998; Nordsieck 2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Clausilioidea

Family

Clausiliidae

Genus

Clausilia

Loc

Clausilia plicatula var. albinos Roffiaen, 1868

Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Vinarski, Maxim V., Samyn, Yves & Tomotani, Barbara Mizumo 2025
2025
Loc

Clausilia plicatula var. albinos

Roffiaen F 1868: 76
1868