Carpathica insularis A. Riedel & Mylonas, 1988

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Carpathica

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Varathro Megalos Votsos, Riedel 1988a, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Fournon Korseon / Closest settlement: Fournoi

Comments

Known from eastern Aegean islands (Samos, Ikaria, Alatsonisi, Fourni, and probably also Leros)

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

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
• Riedel, A. 1988. Die Gattung Carpathica A.J. Wagner in Griechenland (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Daudebardiinae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 13 (9): 85-92.
• Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Carpathica insularis A. Riedel & Mylonas, 1988. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 14.02.2024, Accessed 18.04.2026