{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox |status=LC |status_system=IUCN3.1 |status_ref= | image = Alopia glorifica 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Alopia glorifica'' | taxon = Alopia glorifica | authority = (Charpentier, 1852) | synonyms= * ''Alopia (Alopia) glorifica'' <small>(Charpentier, 1852)</small> · alternative representation * ''Balea glorifica'' <small>Rossmässler, 1856</small> |range_map= Alopia-vranceana-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg }}
'''''Alopia glorifica ''''' is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1049730|''Alopia glorifica '' (Charpentier, 1852)|3 September 2024}}</ref>
;Subspecies: * ''Alopia glorifica deceptans'' Deli & Sz<small>ekeres, 2011</small> * ''Alopia glorifica elegantissima'' <small>H. Nordsieck, 1977</small> * ''Alopia glorifica glorifica'' <small>(Charpentier, 1852)</small> * ''Alopia glorifica intercedens'' <small>(A. Schmidt, 1857)</small> * ''Alopia glorifica magnifica'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1962</small> * ''Alopia glorifica subita'' <small>(M. Kimakowicz, 1894)</small> * ''Alopia glorifica valachiensis'' <small>(O. Boettger, 1879)</small> * ''Alopia glorifica vranceana'' <small>Grossu, 1967</small> * ''Alopia glorifica sarkanyi'' <small>Szekeres, 2007</small>: synonym of ''Alopia lischkeana sarkanyi'' <small>Szekeres, 2007</small> (basionym) * ''Alopia glorifica valeriae'' <small>Szekeres, 2007</small>: synonym of ''Alopia mafteiana valeriae'' <small>Szekeres, 2007</small> (basionym) * ''Alopia glorifica var. galbina'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>: synonym of ''Alopia lischkeana galbina'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small> (superseded rank)
==Description== The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.
(Original description) The entire shell is plicated, with widely spaced, slightly raised whorls. It has three deep palatal folds, with the upper one being distinct and the others faint.<ref name="Charpentier" />
(Description originally in Latin of ''Balea glorifica'') A '''sinistral''' shell, deeply rimate and fusiform, covered by an epidermis with bluish and cherry-red tones, and lightly striated. It features 8 white, convex whorls with an impressed suture. The spire is swollen, striated, and has anterior plicate ribs. The aperture is pear-shaped and rounded, with a continuous peristome that is slightly reflexed and somewhat thickened. The interior is either white or liver-colored. The spire concludes with a subtly expressed, oblique, striated lamella. The aperture wall is briefly uniplicate near the margin.<ref name="Charpentier">{{cite journal |last1=Charpentier |first1=J. de |title=Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies |journal=Journal de Conchyliologie |date=1852 |volume=3 |issue=4 |page=364 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856868 |access-date=3 September 2024}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>
==Distribution== This species occurs in Romania.<ref name="WoRMS" />
==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |last1=Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. |title=Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017 |date=2017}}
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canescens Category:Gastropods described in 1852 Category:Endemic fauna of Romania