Mediterranea amaltheae (A. Riedel & Subai, 1982)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Mediterranea
Characterisation
Troglobiont?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Diktaio Antro
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Faneromenis, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Avdou
  • Spilaio Gaidourotrypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Kritsa
  • Varathro Trypa sto Mouri, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Bemponas
  • Spilaio Tou Sfakianou I Trypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Spilaio Latsida ston Gkremismeno, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Kato Metochi
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Riedel & Subai 1982, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Kato Peristeras, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Karydi
Comments

Only known from 7 caves in eastern Crete.

IUCN Red List
VU - Vulnerable
Greece's Red Data Book
VU - Vulnerable
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
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. & Subai, P. 1982. Beschreibung einer neuen Oxychilus - Art aus Kreta nebst neuen Angaben über Oxychilus ionicus (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Arch. Molluskenk., 112 (1/6): 21-26.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Mediterranea amaltheae (A. Riedel & Subai, 1982). 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 08.02.2026