Sciocochlea nordsiecki Subai, 1993

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Sciocochlea

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Albania, Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agiou Neilou
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Thesprotia / Municipality: Filiata / Closest settlement: Mavroneri

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agiou Neilou, Subai 1993, Reischütz et al. 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Thesprotia / Municipality: Filiata / Closest settlement: Mavroneri

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

NCBI

Species references

• 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
• Reischütz, A., Reischütz, V. P. L. & Szekeres, M. 2016. The Clausiliidae subfamily Phaedusinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Balkans. Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft, 23: 93-117.
• Subai, P. 1993. Neue Arten seltener Landschnecken aus Griechenland und aus der Türkei (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Cyclophoridae; Pulmonata: Pupillidae, Clausiliidae).. Arch. Molluskenk. 122:63–69.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Sciocochlea nordsiecki Subai, 1993. 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