Alzoniella slovenica
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| Alzoniella slovenica (Ložek & Brtek, 1964) |
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Alzoniella slovenica is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, which are sometimes known as the snouted water snails.
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[edit] Shell description
[edit] Distribution and conservation status
It is found in White Carpathians. It is endemic species in Moravia (Czech Republic) and in Slovakia.
Its conservation status in the Czech Republic is endangered[2] [3] and it is „rare“ in Slovakia.[4]
It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE).[5]
[edit] Biotope
It is crenobiotic species. It lives in groundwater and it can be found in water wells.
[edit] References
- ^ Beran L. & Horsák M., 2001: Taxonomic revision of the genus Alzoniella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Czech and Slovakia. - Biologia, Bratislava, 56/2: 141-148. abstract
- ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
- ^ Beran L., Juřičková L. & Horsák M. (2005) Mollusca (měkkýši), pp. 69-74. – In: Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. [eds.], Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Bezobratlí. Red list of threatened species in the Czech Republic. Invertebrates. – Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, 760 pp.
- ^ Šteffek J. 1994 Current status of the molluscs of Slovakia in relation to their exposure to danger. - Biologia, Bratislava, 49(5): 651-655.
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
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