Pholeoteras euthrix Sturany, 1904

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Pholeoteras

Characterisation

Troglobiont?

Distribution

Bosnia - Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece (Kerkyra)

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Grava Tsouka, Gittenberger 1977, Gittenberger 1985, Gittenberger 1986, Bernasconi & Riedel 1994, Stamol et al. 1999, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Sokraki

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

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

• Bernasconi, R. & Riedel, A. 1994. Mollusca. In Juberthie, C.;Decu, V. Encyclopaedia Biospeologica I. Publisher. pp. 53-61.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Gittenberger, E. 1977. Cave snails from Corfu, Greece. Com. 6e Simposium Espeleol. Terrassa 1977., Terrassa. pp. 47-53.
• 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.
• Gittenberger, E. 1986. Zoogeographical notes concerning the terrestrial mollusca of the Ionian Islands Kerkyra, Lefkas and Kephallinia. Biol. gallo-hellen., 12: 363-370.
• Stamol, V., Jalic, B. & Kletecki, E. 1999. A contribution to knowledge about the distribution of the troglobiontic snail Pholeoteras euthrix Sturany, 1904 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Nat. Croat., 8 (4): 407-419.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Pholeoteras euthrix Sturany, 1904. 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 20.04.2026