{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox |status=NT |status_system=IUCN3.1 |status_ref= | image = Alopia vicina 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Alopia vicina'' | taxon = Alopia vicina | authority = (M. Kimakowicz, 1894) | synonyms= * ''Alopia (Alopia) vicina'' <small>(M. Kimakowicz, 1894)</small>· alternative representation * ''Clausilia (Alopia) jickelii var. vicina'' <small>M. Kimakowicz, 1894</small> |range_map= }}
'''''Alopia vicina ''''' is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1049751|''Alopia vicina ''(M. Kimakowicz, 1894)|10 September 2024}}</ref>
;Subspecies: * ''Alopia vicina fortunata'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1931</small> * ''Alopia vicina occulta'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1931</small> * ''Alopia vicina tamasorum'' <small>Szekeres, 2007</small> * ''Alopia vicina vicina'' <small>(M. Kimakowicz, 1894)</small> * ''Alopia vicina var. coronata'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>: synonym of ''Alopia mariae coronata'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small> (superseded rank, basionym)
;Taxa inquirenda: * ''Alopia vicina var. peregrina'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small> * ''Alopia vicina var. riessi'' <small>R. Kimakowicz, 1943</small>
==Description== The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 21 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5 mm.<ref>[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3906 AnimalBase: Alopia occulta]</ref>
(Original description in German) This species can be distinguished from ''Alopia jickelii'' (a synonym of ''Alopia livida straminicollis'' <small>(Charpentier, 1852)</small>) by its significantly more swollen outer wall, which is broader and more rounded at the base, lacking the interrupted folds at the neck. The aperture is not trapezoidal but rather egg-shaped, with the basal fold either absent or only indicated by a small, subtle ridge near the uppermost palatal fold. The clausilium is similarly broad and structured like that of ''Alopia jickelii'', but there is a small, narrow notch visible between the spindle and outer lobe.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kimakowicz |first1=M. von |title=Prodromus zu einer Monographie des Clausilia-Subgenus Alopia H. et A. Adams. Beitrag zur Mollusken-Fauna Siebenbürgens, III. Nachtrag. |journal=Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt. |date=1894 |volume=43 |page=49 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34802405 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</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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vicina Category:Gastropods described in 1894 Category:Endemic fauna of Romania