Lindbergia spiliaenymphis A. Riedel, 1959

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kerateas
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kerateas, Riedel 1959, Riedel 1960, Riedel 1968, Riedel 1977, Pinter & Riedel 1983, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea

Comments

Only known from type locality (Spilaio Kerateas, Attiki)

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.
• 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
• Pinter, L. & Riedel, A. 1983. Über eine neue Lindbergia - Art vοn Kerkyra, Griechenland (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Zool. Meded., Leiden, 57 (11): 101-103.
• Riedel, A. 1959. Die von Dr. K. Lindberg in Griechenland gesammelten Zonitidae (Gastropoda). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 18 (6): 89-117.
• Riedel, A. 1960. Die Gattung Lindbergia Riedel (Gastropoda Zonitidae) nebst Angaben über Vitrea illyrica (A. J. Wagner). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 18: 333-346.
• Riedel, A. 1968. Zonitidae (Gastropoda) Kretas. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 25: 473-537.
• Riedel, A. 1977. Materialien zur Kenntnis der Zonitidae (Gastropoda). IX-XI. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 33 (24): 495-515.
• 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 spiliaenymphis A. Riedel, 1959. 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