Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oleacinidae
Genus: Poiretia

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Albania, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Anonymus cave at Pantokrator Mt., Käufel 1930
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Barbati

Comments

Käufel (1930) cites P. compressa from “Höhle am Pantokrator, 200 m. 3.4.1929”. This could be the cave Katsouri.

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Käufel, F. 1930. Die schalentragenden Land- und Süsswassermolusken. In Beier, M. Zoologische Forschungsreise nach den Jonischen Inseln und dem Peloponnes. X. Teil. Publisher. pp. 161-188.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 05.01.2025, Accessed 30.04.2026