Balcanodiscus beroni A. Riedel, 1995

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Balcanodiscus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Maara
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Maara, Riedel 1995, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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. 1995. Zur Kenntnis der griechischen und türkischen Zonitidae nebst Beschreibung von drei neuen Arten (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 17 (11): 137-150.
• Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Balcanodiscus beroni A. Riedel, 1995. 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