Balcanodiscus cerberus A. Riedel, 1985

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Balcanodiscus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Maroneias
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maroneias, Riedel 1985a, Reischütz 1986, Reischütz 1988, Riedel 1988b, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron et al. 2004, Paragamian et al. 2004, Erőss et al. 2011, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Comments

Known only from the type locality (Spilaio Maroneias) and the area around, outside the cave (Erőss et al. 2011)

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.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
  • Erőss, Z. P., Fehér, Z. & Páll-Gergely, B. 2011. A new species of Balcanodiscus Riedel & Urbanski, 1964 (Gastriopoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae) from northeastern Greece. Journal of Conchology, 40 (6): 577-581.
  • 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
  • Paragamian, K., Nikoloudakis, I., Papadatou, E., & Sfakianaki, E. 2004. Biological and Environmental Study of the Cave of Maroneia: Analysis of current status - Proposals. Final Report.. Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research, Irakleion, Greece, 176 pp.
  • Reischütz, V. P. L. 1986. Die Gattung Balcanodiscus Riedel & Urbanski, 1964 in Griechenland (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Mitt. zool. Ges. Braunau, 4 (14): 345-354.
  • Reischütz, V. P. L. 1988. Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Thrakiens und Ostmakedoniens, II. Museum, 90 (B): 341-356.
  • Riedel, A. 1985. Zur Kenntnis der Balcanodiscus (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 10 (14): 139-147.
  • Riedel, A. 1988. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Balcanodiscus, II (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 13 (10): 93-104.
  • 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. Balcanodiscus cerberus A. Riedel, 1985. 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