Hypnophila zacynthia (Roth, 1855)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Azecidae
Genus: Hypnophila

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katsouri, Sturany 1904, Gittenberger 1977, Gittenberger 2000, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Apolysoi

Comments

Sturany (1904) reports  Hypnophila zacynthia from an undefined cave of the Mt. Pantokratoras in Kerkyra, which was then tentatively identified as the Katsouri Cave near Mparmpati where S. collasi was re-discovered (Gittenberger 2000).

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.
• Gittenberger, E. 1977. Cave snails from Corfu, Greece. Com. 6e Simposium Espeleol. Terrassa 1977., Terrassa. pp. 47-53.
• Gittenberger, E. 2000. Serrulininae in Greece, there may be more (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae).. Basteria 64:81-87
• Sturany, R. 1904. Über einige von Herrn G. Paganetti - Hummler entdeckte Höhlenschhnecken. Nachrbl. dtsch. malakol. Ges., 36 (3): 103-107.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Hypnophila zacynthia (Roth, 1855). 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 19.04.2026