Tsoukatosia christinae A. Reischütz & P.L. Reischütz, 2003

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agion Anargyron
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Kalamata / Closest settlement: Poliani

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agion Anargyron, Reischütz & Reischütz 2003, Reischütz et al. 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Kalamata / Closest settlement: Poliani

Comments

The species was described from empty shells. It was later found at a few more sites on the western side of the Taigetos Mts. (Reischütz et al. 2016).

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

• 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 PL. 2003. Reischütz A, Reischütz PL. 2003. Hellenikä pantoia, 3: Die Schönste von allen. Tsoukatosia (Agiosspeleikos) christinae nov . subgen., nov. spec. (Clausiliidae: Pulmonata: Gastropoda). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakol. Ges. 11:1–3
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Tsoukatosia christinae A. Reischütz & P.L. Reischütz, 2003. 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 07.07.2026