Aristena

Aristena is a monotypic genus of terrestrial gastropods in the family Helicidae. [1] The only species is Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936).[2] The genus was proposed following a molecular phylogenetic analysis.[3]

Aristena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Aristena
Psonis, Vardinoyannis & Poulakakis, 2022
Type species
Levantina rechingeri
Fuchs & Käufel, 1936
Native range of the species
Synonyms
  • Assyriella rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936)
  • Levantina (Levantina) rechingeri (A. Fuchs & Käufel, 1936) superseded combination
  • Levantina rechingeri A. Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 superseded combination

The species is endemic to the island Karpathos, Greece.[4] It is a very rare species, without published observations of live individuals.

It was originally described as Levantina rechingeri.[5]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Aristena Psonis, Vardinoyannis & Poulakakis, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1648336 on 2023-04-12
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1648337 on 2023-04-12
  3. Psonis, Nikolaos; Vardinoyannis, Katerina; Poulakakis, Nikos (2022). "High-throughput degraded DNA sequencing of subfossil shells of a critically endangered stenoendemic land snail in the Aegean". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107561. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107561. PMID 35779768. S2CID 250192366.
  4. Schütt, Hartwig; Subai, Peter (1996-01-15). "Revision of Assyriella P. Hesse 1908 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae: Helicinae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 125 (1–2): 117–161. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/125/1996/117. ISSN 0003-9284.
  5. "Levantina rechingeri Fuchs & Käufel, 1936". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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