Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Daudebardia
Characterisation
Accidental?
Distribution
N Algeria, Asia Minor, C-S Europe, Cyprus
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Panos, Riedel 1978, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Dytiki Attiki / Municipality: Fyli / Closest settlement: Fyli
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Varathro Lakki Kontari, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gonies
  • Spilaio Geraniou, Riedel 1977, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Gerani
  • Spilaio Kapsias, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Tripoli / Closest settlement: Kapsia
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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
  • Riedel, A. 1977. Materialien zur Kenntnis der Zonitidae (Gastropoda). IX-XI. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 33 (24): 495-515.
  • Riedel, A. 1978. Kritische Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zur Kenntnis der Superfamilie Daudebardiinae (Gastropoda, Zonitidae) mit Verzeichnis aller akzeptierten Arten. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 34 (8): 139-206.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.02.2024, Accessed 29.10.2025