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A new record of Soosia diodonta (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicodontidae) in Bulgaria

Dilian Georgiev & Slaveya Stoycheva

The second finding of the rare south-east European endemic land snail Soosia diodonta (Férussac, 1821) in Bulgaria was reported. The locality was situated in Eastern Stara Planina Mts., west from Kotel town, near the road to Zeleniche Forestry and the Kotlenska River, before Prikazna Cave, UTM: MH 55. Soosia diodonta was found in beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest on a limestone terrain near a river. It was the most eastern ever known locality of this species.

Keywords: Soosia diodonta, new locality, Bulgaria

Georgiev D. & Stoycheva S., 2007: A new record of Soosia diodonta (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicodontidae) in Bulgaria. – Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 6: 35–37. https://doi.org/10.5817/MaB2007-6-35

Publication date: 20. 11. 2007. PDF (529 kb)