Allaegopis jonicus (Käufel, 1930)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Allaegopis

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave "Polu Tripos", Käufel 1930, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi
• Spilaio Egklouvis, Käufel 1930, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi

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

• 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
• 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. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Allaegopis jonicus (Käufel, 1930). 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 24.08.2026