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
Author
Stojanović, Katarina
Author
Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara
Author
Živić, Ivana
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-07-16
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Galba truncatula
(O.F. Müller, 1774)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Lymnaea truncatula
:
Hesse
(1929)
;
Jaeckel
et al.
(1958)
;
Tomić (1959)
;
Simić (1996)
;
Karaman
& Živić (2001)
.
Lymnaea
(
Galba
)
truncatula
:
Karaman
(2001).
Galba truncatula
:
Frank
et al.
(1990)
;
Karaman
&
Karaman
(2007)
; Gojšina (2021 pers. comm.).
Common name
. Dwarf mud snail, dwarf pond snail.
Morphology
. Small-sized snail (conical shell up to
9 mm
long/high). Shell is striated, with 5–6 step-like whorls. Aperture is oval, umbilicus is open and deep. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 49
, figure at the bottom of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Holarctic species. Amphibious semi-terrestrial snail preferring small water bodies (meadows, ponds, marshes, brooks) and temporal habitats (
Trouve
et al
2005
;
Welter-Schultes 2012
;
Dreyfuss
et al
. 2015
). Fairly scarce findings in
Serbia
include the Danube River, and few smaller watercourses (Vlasina, Moravica and Veternica Rivers, Kudoški canal) and Obedska bara Wetland.
Other remarks
. Shell morphology can be very variable, particularly in regard to spire height. It could be misidentified as degenerated forms of
Stagnicola palustris
(O.F. Müller, 1774) (
Glöer 2019
)
. In Europe, it is known as an intermediate host for trematodes (
Fascicola hepatica
and others) thus serving as a disease vector (details in
Dreyfuss
et al
2015
). In some habitats with low population densities, or even individual presence of snails, selffertilization is common (
Trouve
et al
. 2005
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
Van
Damme & Kebapçý 2011
a
).
Genus
Stagnicola
Jeffreys, 1830