Gyralina tsatsae Gittenberger, 1977

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Gyralina

Characterisation

Troglobiont?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Grava Tsouka
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Sokraki

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Anthropograva, Gittenberger 1977, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Klimatia
• Spilaio Grava Tsouka, Gittenberger 1977, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Sokraki

Comments

Known from 2 caves in Kerkyra Island.

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. 1977. Cave snails from Corfu, Greece. Com. 6e Simposium Espeleol. Terrassa 1977., Terrassa. pp. 47-53.
• 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. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Gyralina tsatsae Gittenberger, 1977. 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