Spilaio Chamoto Spiliari

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Irakleio,
Municipality: Malevizi,
Closest Settlement: Kamaraki

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Eopolita protensa (A. Férussac, 1832), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
• Pleurodiscus sudensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pleurodiscidae
• Tandonia cretica (Simroth, 1884), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Milacidae
• Trichoniscus lindbergi Vandel, 1958, Schmalfuss et al. 2004
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae

Species references

• Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
• Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Chamoto Spiliari, Kamaraki, Malevizi, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 26.10.2025