Zonites nikariae Pfeffer, 1930

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Raos tou Foutra, Martens 1889, Riedel 1985b, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Ikaria / Closest settlement: Petropoulio

Comments

Endemic to Ikaria island.

IUCN Red List

VU - Vulnerable

Greece's Red Data Book

VU - Vulnerable

Protection status

• Presidential Decree 67/1981 on the protection of native flora and fauna species (OGG 23/A/1981)

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
• Martens, E. V. 1889. Griechische Mollusken. Gesammelt von Eberh. von Oertzen. Arch. Naturg., Berlin, 55 (1): 169-240.
• Riedel, A. 1985. Revision der Gattung Zonites Montfort (Gastropoda, Zonitidae): griechische Arten.. Ann. zool., Warszawa, 39: 1-67.
• Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Zonites nikariae Pfeffer, 1930. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 26.02.2024, Accessed 18.04.2026