Mediterranea ionica (A. Riedel & Subai, 1978)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Mediterranea
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Croatia, Greece, Italy
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Katsouri, Riedel 1978, Riedel & Subai 1982, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Apolysoi
  • Anonymus cave at Pantokrator Mt., Käufel 1930, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Barbati
  • Spilaio Anemotrypa, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Voreia Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Pramanda
  • Spilaio Agiou Neilou, Riedel & Subai 1993, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Thesprotia / Municipality: Filiata / Closest settlement: Mavroneri
Comments

Käufel (1930) cites M. ionica (Hydatinus eudaedalaeus) from “Höhle am Pantokrator, 200 m. 3.IV.1929”. This could be the cave Katsouri.

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
  • 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.
  • Riedel, A. & Subai, P. 1982. Beschreibung einer neuen Oxychilus - Art aus Kreta nebst neuen Angaben über Oxychilus ionicus (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Arch. Molluskenk., 112 (1/6): 21-26.
  • Riedel A, Subai P 1993. Über Gyralina und Spelaeopatula nebst Beschreibung neuer Taxa (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Zonitidae).. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 121: 53–66.
  • Riedel, A. 1978. Kritische Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zur Kenntnis der Superfamilie Daudebardiinae (Gastropoda, Zonitidae) mit Verzeichnis aller akzeptierten Arten. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 34 (8): 139-206.
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Mediterranea ionica (A. Riedel & Subai, 1978). 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 18.04.2026