The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status
Author
Marković, Vanja
Author
Gojšina, Vukašin
Author
Novaković, Boris
Author
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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16.
Bythinella opaca
(M. von
Gallenstein, 1848
)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Bythinella opaca opaca
:
Karaman & Karaman
(2007)
.
Bythinella schmidti schmidti
:
Radoman (1983)
.
Bythinella opaca
:
Jaeckel
et al.
(1958)
.
Morphology
. Minute snails, up to 3.3 mm high. Shell is cylindrical-conical. Aperture is ovoid, umbilicus is slit like, or closed. For more details see
Radoman (1983: 172
, pl. 12, fig. 204).
Distribution and ecology
. Alpine and Dinaric spring species. In
Serbia
, the most common representative of the genus. Reported from springs and brook systems from Ibar,
Drina
and Zapadna Morava catchments.
Other remarks
. Being the only widely distributed species of the genus, and with fairly isolated spring populations, a few subspecies of this snail were recognized (
Radoman 1983
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
Fehér 2010
a
).