Lindbergia stylokamarae A. Riedel, 1981

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Stylokamara
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Stylokamara, Riedel 1981b, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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
• Riedel, A. 1981. Eine neue unterirdische Lindbergia - Art von der Insel Kasos, Griechenland (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 36 (16): 281-287.
• 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 stylokamarae A. Riedel, 1981. 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