Speleodentorcula beroni Gittenberger, 1985

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Argnidae
Genus: Speleodentorcula
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Skoteini
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Skoteini, Gittenberger 1985, Beron 2016, Reischütz et al. 2017, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia
Comments

The species is known only from Skoteini cave (type locality) and a site at Messa Mani, Lakonia (described as S. beroni maniates, Reischütz et al. 2017). 

IUCN Red List
NT - Near Threatened
Greece's Red Data Book
NT - Near Threatened
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Gittenberger, E. 1985. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pupillacea. XI. Speleodentorcula beroni gen. & spec. nov. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orculidae) aus einer Höhle in Euböa, Griechenland. Zool. Meded., Leiden, 59 (19): 221-227.
  • 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
  • Reischütz A, Steiner-Reischütz N, Reischütz PL 2017. Helleniká pantoía, XLVI. Die Messa Mani (Peloponnes, Griechenland) - 35 Jahre später".. Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft. 24: 63–64.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Speleodentorcula beroni Gittenberger, 1985. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 30.04.2026