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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1.
Theodoxus danubialis
(C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Nerita danubialis
var.
carinata
:
Clessin (1887)
.
Theodoxus danubialis carinatus
:
Ehrmann (1933)
;
Zilch & Jaeckel (1962)
;
Karaman
&
Karaman
(2007)
.
Neritina stragulata
:
Möllendorff (1873)
.
Neritina danubialis
var.
stragulata
:
Clessin (1887)
.
Theodoxus danubialis
var.
stragulata
:
Grossu (1956)
.
Theodoxus danubialis stragulata
:
Karaman & Karaman
(2007)
.
Theodoxus danubialis
:
Hesse
(1929)
;
Ehrmann (1933)
;
Jaeckel
et al
. (1958)
;
Matoničkin
et al.
(1975)
;
Frank
et al.
(1990)
;
Arambašić (1994)
;
Jovanović (1990)
;
Karaman
(2001); (2012);
Simić & Simić (2004)
;
Jakovčev-Todorović
et al.
(2005)
;
Živić
et al
. (2005
,
2006
);
Csányi & Paunović (2006)
;
Jović
et al.
(2006)
;
Karaman
&
Karaman
(2007)
;
Paunović
et al.
(2007a
, 2008, 2012
a
);
Marković
et al.
(2012
, 2014);
Novaković (2012)
;
Martinović-Vitanović
et al.
(2013)
;
Tomović
et al.
(2014)
;
Savić
et al
. (2016)
;
Živić (2020)
; Gojšina (2021 pers. comm.).
Common name
. Danube nerite.
Morphology
. Medium-sized species (shell up to
15 mm
). Shell is oval shaped and brightly coloured, usually with dark zigzag pattern. Sometimes shell colouring can be uniformly black. Operculum is yellowish, with apophysis and pseudoapophysis. For more details see
Glöer (2019: 40
, figs 24, 25).
Distribution and ecology
. Species native to the Danube basin, found in northern
Italy
as well. The snail prefers hard substrate of large and medium-sized rivers at lower attitudes (
Welter-Schultes 2012
;
Marković
et al
. 2014
). In
Serbia
, the most numerous populations are found in the Danube and Sava Rivers tributaries such as
Drina, Velika Morava, Mlava, Nišava and Timok Rivers.
Other remarks
. The spread of competitive alien and invasive species in the 21
st
century, alongside with general habitats deterioration, could be the main cause of decreasing population trends of this species. The snail is considered as critically endangered in northern parts of its distribution area (
Germany
,
Austria
,
Czech Republic
) (Welter-Schultes, 2012). The species has LC status on the IUCN Red List (Tomović
et al
. 2010).