The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status
Author
Marković, Vanja
Author
Gojšina, Vukašin
Author
Novaković, Boris
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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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11.
Bythinella austriaca
(
Frauenfeld, 1857
)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Bythinella austriaca
:
Filipović (1954)
;
Tomić (1959)
.
Common name
. Austrian spring snail.
Morphology
. Minute snails (ovoid cylindric shell up to
3 mm
high). It has 3.5–4.5 regularly increasing whorls separated by deep suture almost perpendicular to the columella and blunt apex. More details in
Glöer (2002: 164
, figs 198–201).
Distribution and ecology
. Central European species preferring cold clean waters with increased carbonate levels (in springs and adjacent brook systems) (
Sturm 2016
). In
Serbia
, it has been reported from few springs (Vrujci, Čočića vrelo and Široke Luke Springs) from central and eastern
Serbia
.
Other remarks
. A wider distribution range of this species, accompanied with quite narrow ecological preferences, low dispersal ability and highly isolated habitats (
Benke
et al
. 2009
;
Beran 2010
;
Sturm 2016
), brings possibility for intraspecific diversification. In that regard
Glöer (2002)
has distinguished four subspecies. On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
Fehér
et al
. 2010
).