The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status
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Marković, Vanja
Author
Gojšina, Vukašin
Author
Novaković, Boris
Author
Božanić, Milenka
Author
Stojanović, Katarina
Author
Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara
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Živić, Ivana
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-07-16
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33.
Iglica illyrica
Schütt, 1975
Findings in
Serbia
.
Iglica
(
Rhaphica
)
illyrica
:
Schütt (1975)
.
Rhaphica illyrica
:
Bole & Velkovrh (1986)
.
Iglica illyrica
: Jovanović (1995)
;
Grego
et al.
(2017)
.
Morphology
. Minute snails, conical shell is up to
2 mm
high. For more details see
Schütt (1975: 8
, pl. 2, fig. 26–27)
Distribution and ecology
. Serbian endemic species inhabiting subterranean waters and springs.
Type
locality is the Spring of Beli Drim River (Peć Municipality, KiM). Scarce findings, in
Serbia
, apart from
type
locality, it was recorded from two more localities, viz., springs in the Kosovska Mitrovica and Dečani Municipalities (
Schütt 1975
;
Grego
et al.
2017
).
Other remarks
. There are only four known localities with confirmed presence of this species (
Grego
et al.
2017
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as DD (
Seddon 2011
e
). The species is protected on national level (Annex 1-strictly protected species; Official Gazette of
RS
5/2010, 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016).
Genus
Paladilhiopsis
Pavlović, 1913