Mediterranea mylonasi (A. Riedel, 1983)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Mediterranea

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Skoteini, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia
• Spilaio Kyklopa, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Magnisia / Municipality: Alonnisos / Closest settlement: Gioura island
• Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio

Comments

Known from the islands of Evvia, Tinos, Skyros, Gioura, Alonnisos, Peristera, and Skopelos.

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

• 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. 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 mylonasi (A. Riedel, 1983). 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 09.03.2026