The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status
Author
Marković, Vanja
Author
Gojšina, Vukašin
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Novaković, Boris
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Božanić, Milenka
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Stojanović, Katarina
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Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara
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Živić, Ivana
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-07-16
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81.
Unio tumidus
Philipsson, 1788
Findings in
Serbia
.
Unio tumidus tumidus:
Dokić (1882)
; Droüet (1881, 1884);
Tadić (1960)
.
Unio tumidus solidus
:
Tadić (1960)
.
Unio tumidus
:
Arambašić (1994)
;
Živić
et al.
(2001)
; JDS-ITR
Report (2002)
;
Paunović
et al.
(2005
, 2006, 2007
a
, 2012
a
);
Simić
et al.
(2006)
;
Tomović
et al.
(2010
b
, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016);
Raković (2015)
;
Novaković (2012)
;
Savić (2012)
;
Martinović-Vitanović
et al.
(2013)
;
Lucić
et al.
(2015)
,
Zorić
et al.
(2020)
.
Common name
. Swollen river mussel.
Morphology
. Large bivalve. Solid, ovoid tumid shell with a very rounded ventral margin. Its dimensions reach
80 mm
(rarely up to
120 mm
) in length,
40 mm
in height and
35 mm
in depth. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 15
, figure on the top of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Western Palearctic species widespread in Europe. It has similar habitat requirements as
U
.
pictorum
,
and generally occurs in slow-flowing large rivers, less frequently in lakes and reservoirs, with a dominance of a muddy substrate. In
Serbia
, this is one of the most common and widespread bivalves. It has been recorded along almost the entire courses of the Danube, Sava, Tisza, Velika Morava, Zapadna and Južna Morava Rivers.
Other remarks
. Due to pollution and habitats destruction this species is critically endangered in
Austria
and endangered in
Germany
and
Spain
. It has 90 nominal species as synonyms (
Graf &Cummings 2021
). It has been assessed as LC, yet with decreasing population trend, on the IUCN Red List (
Vavrova 2011
d
).