Iglica illyrica Schütt, 1975

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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