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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44.
Peregriana labiata
(
Rossmässler, 1835
)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Radix peregra
:
Frank
et al.
(1990)
;
Arambašić (1994)
;
Jovanović (1995
a
,
1995
b
, 1998);
Reh
et al.
(1997)
;
Karaman
(2005)
.
Lymnaea peregra
:
Möllendorff (1873)
;
Jaeckel
et al.
(1958)
;
Tomić (1959)
;
Arambašić (1994)
;
Simić (1996)
; Karaman &
Živić (2001)
;
Paunović
et al.
(2005
,
2007a
);
Živić
et al.
(2005
,
2006
).
Lymnaea
(
Radix
)
peregra
:
Karaman
(2001).
Radix labiata
:
Karaman
&
Karaman
(2007)
; Martinović–Vitanović
et al
. (2013);
Novaković (2012
, 2013, pers. comm. 2013–2019);
Živić (2020)
.
Morphology
. Medium-sized snail (shell up to
20 mm
high). Shell is usually brown, apex is pointed, and animal itself is yellow, or green, with black spots. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 53
, figure in the middle of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Palearctic species up to
2700 m
.a.s.l, in
Serbia
up to
800 m
.
a.s.l. Prefers smaller stagnant and slow-flowing waters, with impacts of groundwaters, on a sandy, gravel or rocky substrate. Can endure drought periods (
Welter-Schultes 2012
). One of the most common freshwater snails in
Serbia
. It was recorded in a wide variety of habitats, including the Danube, Sava,
Drina, Jadar, Zapadna Morava, Južna Morava, Temska, Visočica, Toplica, Mlava, Trešnjica and Zamna Rivers
, streams on Fruška Gora Mtn., Zasavica Wetland, ponds near the Ludaš Lake etc.
Other remarks
. Shell morphology is fairly constant, yet in some cases, it can be misidentified as
Ampullaceana balthica
(
Glöer 2019
)
. The taxonomy is not fully resolved yet (MolluscaBase 2021). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
von Proschwitz 2011
a
).
Genus
Radix
Montfort, 1810