Schistophallus spratti (Westerlund, 1892)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Schistophallus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Afroimou, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Asi Gonia
  • Varathro Kaoudi Tafkos, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Asi Gonia
  • Spilaio Amoutses, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kokkino Chorio
  • Spilaio Petsi Spilios, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kokkino Chorio
  • Spilaio Kourna, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
  • Spilaio Lentaka Trypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Melidoni
  • Varathro Arapi Trypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Sellia
  • Spilaio Zoure, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kantanos - Selino / Closest settlement: Azogyres
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Spilaio sto Platani, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Sfakia / Closest settlement: Kallikratis
  • Varathro Kynigotafkos, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gonies
  • Varathro Poros Stenou Lagkou, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gonies
  • Varathro Stou Bokou ton Poro, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Krousonas
  • Spilaio Skylogkremi, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Agios Vasileios / Closest settlement: Sellia
  • Spilaio Marile Trypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Amari / Closest settlement: Elenes
  • Spilaio Notiki Trypa, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Amari / Closest settlement: Nithavri
  • Varathro Tafkos Myristis, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia
  • Spilaio Sta Tigania, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Avdelas
  • Spilaio Dolona, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Armenoi
  • Spilaio Geraniou, Riedel 1977, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Gerani
Comments

Known from the western and central part Crete up to 1,900 m asl.

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. 1977. Materialien zur Kenntnis der Zonitidae (Gastropoda). IX-XI. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 33 (24): 495-515.
  • 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. 2025. Schistophallus spratti (Westerlund, 1892). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 29.02.2024, Accessed 29.10.2025