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
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Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara
Author
Živić, Ivana
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-07-16
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Gyraulus albus
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Planorbis albus
: Muller, 1774
Möllendorff (1873)
;
Wohlberedt (1909)
.
Gyraulus albu
:
Hesse
(1929)
;
Karaman
(2005)
.
Gyraulus
(
Gyraulus
)
albus
:
Karaman
(2001);
Karaman & Karaman
(2007)
.
Common name
. White ramshorn.
Morphology
. Small-sized snail (up to
7 mm
diameter). Shell is flat and transparent with radial and spiral sculpture, and characteristic reticulate pattern. Shell has 3–4 whorls, and it is not keeled. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 61, figure at the bottom of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Holarctic species up to
1500 m
.a.s.l. Inhabits standing and slow-flowing waters with a muddy substrate and plenty of vegetation. Tolerates moderate pollution, yet sensitive to prolonged droughts (
Welter-Schultes 2012
). In
Serbia
, found in the Danube River, Srebrno jezero Lake, Ludaš Lake, Zasavica Wetland, and in Nišava, Jablanica and Južna Morava Rivers.
Other remarks
. The species can be confused with other
Gyraulus
species
if the grid sculpture is not preserved (
Glöer 2019
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
Seddon 2011
d
).