The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status
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Marković, Vanja
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Gojšina, Vukašin
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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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41.
Stagnicola palustris
(O.F. Muller, 1774)
Findings in
Serbia
.
Lymnaea
(
Stagnicola
)
palustris
:
Karaman
(2001).
Stagnicola palustris palustris
:
Karaman & Karaman
(2007)
.
Stagnicola palustris
:
Frank
et al.
(1990)
;
Savić
et al.
(2016)
.
Common name
. Common European pond snail, common pond snail, marsh snail.
Morphology
. Medium-sized snails (elongated conical shell up to
20 mm
long/high). Shell is brownish with 4.5–6 whorls. Animal is dark with golden spots. For more details see
Welter-Schultes (2012: 55
, figure in the middle of the page).
Distribution and ecology
. Holarctic species up to
1800 m
.a.s.l (in
Serbia
up to
300 m
.
a.s.l). Muddy bottoms with plenty of vegetation in slow–flowing or stagnant lowland waters are its main habitats (
Beran 2008
; Welter-Schultes 2012). In
Serbia
, it was found in Danube, Sava and Nišava Rivers, canals in Vojvodina, Obedska bara and Zasavica Wetlands, and in Ludaš Lake.
Other remarks
. The snail can be amphibious at times, and it is the only representative of this genus which could be occasionally found in the mud outside of the water (above the water level) (
Welter-Schultes 2012
). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (
von Proschwitz, 2011
b
).