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Prvý nález živej populácie ulitníka Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) na Podunajskej nížine
First record of a viable population of the land snail Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) in the Danube lowland (SW Slovakia)

Tomáš Čejka, Juraj Čačaný & Michal Horsák

Until 2013, no published records of the Desmoulin's whorl snail (Vertigo moulinsiana) were known from the Danube lowland in the Slovak Republic. In this paper we present the first record of the Desmoulin's whorl snail in this area, and report the site conditions and the structure of accompanying land snail community. The site was examined by visual searching, including a 6-litre sample of plant litter collected and subsequently analysed. A numerous viable population of the species was recorded only by visual searching, whereas the litter sample did not yield any shells of the Desmoulin's whorl snail.

Keywords: Desmoulin's whorl snail, distribution, Danube river, wetlands

Čejka T., Čačaný J. & Horsák M., 2014: Prvý nález živej populácie ulitníka Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) na Podunajskej nížine [First record of a viable population of the land snail Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) in the Danube lowland (SW Slovakia)]. – Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 13: 1–5. https://doi.org/10.5817/MaB2014-13-1

Publication date: 18. 2. 2014. PDF (8.6 MB)