Montenegrina dofleini (Wagner, 1928)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Montenegrina
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
FYROM, Albania, Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Panagias Eleousas, Fehér & Szekeres 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Psarades
Comments

The subspecies Montenegrina dofleini prespaensis Nordsieck, 1988, endemic to Lake Prespa area, with sporadical occurrences along the western and southern shores.

IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Fehér Z., Szekeres M. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the rock-dwelling door snail genus Montenegrina Boettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). ZooKeys 559:1–137.
  • 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
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Montenegrina dofleini (Wagner, 1928). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2024, Accessed 18.04.2026