Lindholmiola lens (A. Férussac, 1832)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicodontidae
Genus: Lindholmiola

Characterisation

Accidental?

Distribution

E Albania, Greece to W Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Limnon, Subai & Neubert 2014
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria
• Spilaio Melissanis, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Karavomylos
• Small caves near Agios Dimitrios, Subai & Neubert 2014, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Notia Kynouria / Closest settlement: Kosmas
• Spilaio Agiou Andrea, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Monemvasia / Closest settlement: Ano Kastania
• Spilaio Mavri Troupa, Subai & Neubert 2014, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fthiotida / Municipality: Amfikleia - Elateia / Closest settlement: Tithoraia

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
• Subai, P. & Neubert, E. 2014. Revision of the genus Lindholmiola Hesse , 1931 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicodontidae). Contrib. Nat. Hist., 23: 1-94.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lindholmiola lens (A. Férussac, 1832). 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