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Iglica illyrica : Schutt 1975

Description

33. Iglica illyrica Schütt, 1975

Findings in Serbia.

Iglica (Rhaphica) illyrica: Schütt (1975).

Rhaphica illyrica: Bole & Velkovrh (1986).

Iglica illyrica: Jovanović (1995); Grego et al. (2017).

Morphology. Minute snails, conical shell is up to 2 mm high. For more details see Schütt (1975: 8, pl. 2, fig. 26–27)

Distribution and ecology. Serbian endemic species inhabiting subterranean waters and springs. Type locality is the Spring of Beli Drim River (Peć Municipality, KiM). Scarce findings, in Serbia, apart from type locality, it was recorded from two more localities, viz., springs in the Kosovska Mitrovica and Dečani Municipalities (Schütt 1975; Grego et al. 2017).

Other remarks. There are only four known localities with confirmed presence of this species (Grego et al. 2017). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as DD (Seddon 2011 e). The species is protected on national level (Annex 1-strictly protected species; Official Gazette of RS 5/2010, 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016).

Genus Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913

Notes

Published as part of Marković, Vanja, Gojšina, Vukašin, Novaković, Boris, Božanić, Milenka, Stojanović, Katarina, Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara & Živić, Ivana, 2021, The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5003 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5003.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5120059

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References

  • Schutt, H. (1975) Die Formen der Gattung Iglica A. J. Wagner. Archiv fur Molluskenkunde, 106 (1 / 3), 1 - 14.
  • Bole, J. & Velkovrh, F. (1986) Mollusca from continental subterranean aquatic habitats. In: Stygofauna Mundi. Brill. Leiden, pp. 177 - 208.
  • Grego, J., Gloer, P., Eross, Z. P. & Feher, Z. (2017) Six new subterranean freshwater gastropod species from northern Albania and some new records from Albania and Kosovo (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae). Subterranean biology, 23, 85 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / subtbiol. 23.14930
  • Seddon, M. B. (2011 e) Iglica illyrica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011, e. T 156154 A 4912228. [downloaded 3 May 2021] https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2011 - 2. RLTS. T 156154 A 4912228. en
  • Pavlovic, P. S. (1913) Pecinski puz Lartetia serbica n. spec iz zapadne Srbije. Drzavna stamparija Kraljevine Srbije, 91, 71 - 75. [in Serbian]