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
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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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35.
Valvata cristata
O. F. Müller, 1774
Findings in
Serbia
.
Valvata cristata
:
Hesse
(1929)
;
Karaman
(2001);
Paunović
et al.
(2007a)
;
Martinović-Vitanović
et al.
(2013)
.
Common name
. Crested valve snail, flat valve snail.
Morphology
. Minute snails up to 3.5 mm long/wide. Shell is flat, transparent, and consists of three whorls. Aperture is circular in shape, umbilicus is wide. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 42
, figure at the bottom of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. European species, known from
Turkey
and
Iran
as well (
Glöer 2019
). Inhabits a wide variety of habitats, including permanent and temporary flowing and standing waters. Prefers a muddy substrate, submerged vegetation and higher carbonate levels. In
Serbia
, it was recorded only from the Danube, with most localities in the Iron-Gate area.
Other remarks
. Despite its wide distribution and its eutrophication tolerance, it is considered vulnerable, or even endangered, due to pronounced habitat degradation in some regions, (
Welter-Schultes 2012
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
Vavrova 2011
e
).