Lindbergia beroni A. Riedel, 1984

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Lindbergia
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kanavari, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Apeirathos
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Riedel 1984, Beron 1985, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Di Russo & Rampini 2001, Gasparo 2009, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Comments

L. beroni was known only from the type locality. Specimens from Kanavari cave (Naxos) were identified as Linbergia aff. beroni (Karakasiet al. 2024)

IUCN Red List
CR - Critically Endangered
Greece's Red Data Book
CR - Critically Endangered
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2001. The Zoodochos cave in Santorini Island. Mem. Biospeol., 55: 201-202.
  • Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
  • 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. 1984. Eine neue Lindbergia - Art von der Insel Thira, Griechenland (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 10 (1): 1-4.
  • 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. Lindbergia beroni A. Riedel, 1984. 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