Spilaio Ellinokamara

Higher Geography
Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Karpathos,
Municipality: Kasos,
Closest Settlement: Agia Marina
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4210001 - Kasos and Kasonisia - Evryteri Thalassia Periochi (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
Fauna
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838), Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Vitrea clessini (P. Hesse, 1882), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
Cave references
  • Rathgeber, T., Jantschke, H. 2005. Cave Explorations on the Islands of Kárpathos and Kásos (South Aegean, Greece). Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Speleology Athens-Kalamos 166-170.
  • Sakellarakis, G. 1985. The cave “Ellinokamara” of Kasos island. Archaiologia 34–36.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1990. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 11. Beitrag: Gattung Chaetophiloscia (Philosciidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (1): 169-193.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Ellinokamara, Agia Marina, Kasos, Notio Aigaio. 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 03.04.2026