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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38.
Borysthenia naticina
(
Menke, 1845
)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Valvata naticina
:
Frank
et al.
(1990)
;
Arambašić (1994)
;
Karaman
(2001);
Paunović
et al.
(2005
,
2007a
, 2008).
Borysthenia naticina
:
Paunović
et al.
(2012
a
)
;
Martinović-Vitanović
et al.
(2013)
; Novaković (2013).
Morphology
. Minute snails up to
5 mm
long/wide. Shell is globular, solid, and consists of 3.5–4 whorls. Aperture is pointed at the top, umbilicus is open. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 46
, figure on the top of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Central-European Pontic-Baltic species (
Glöer 2019
). Prefers fine substrate (sand, mud and sand) in larger rivers and lakes (
Welter-Schultes 2012
;
Zettler 2012
). In
Serbia
, it was recorded in the Danube, Sava and Zapadna Morava Rivers.
Other remarks
. In some parts of its range the species is considered critically endangered (
Germany
and
Poland
) (
Welter-Schultes 2012
). On the IUCN Red List of threatened species it has been assessed as LC (Vavrova & Seddon 2011).
Infraclasis Euthyneura
Spengel, 1881
Cohort Tectipleura
Schrödl et al., 2011
Superorer
Hygrophila
Férussac, 1822