Borysthenia naticina ( Menke, 1845 )

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, Zootaxa 5003 (1), pp. 1-64 : 22

38. Borysthenia naticina ( Menke, 1845)

Findings in Serbia.

Valvata naticina: Frank et al. (1990) ; Arambašić (1994); Karaman (2001); Paunović et al. (2005, 2007a, 2008).

Borysthenia naticina: Paunović et al. (2012 a) ; Martinović-Vitanović et al. (2013); Novaković (2013).

Morphology. Minute snails up to 5 mm long/wide. Shell is globular, solid, and consists of 3.5–4 whorls. Aperture is pointed at the top, umbilicus is open. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 46, figure on the top of the page).

Distribution and ecology. Central-European Pontic-Baltic species ( Glöer 2019). Prefers fine substrate (sand, mud and sand) in larger rivers and lakes ( Welter-Schultes 2012; Zettler 2012). In Serbia, it was recorded in the Danube, Sava and Zapadna Morava Rivers.

Other remarks. In some parts of its range the species is considered critically endangered ( Germany and Poland) ( Welter-Schultes 2012). On the IUCN Red List of threatened species it has been assessed as LC (Vavrova & Seddon 2011).

Infraclasis Euthyneura Spengel, 1881

Cohort Tectipleura Schrödl et al., 2011

Superorer Hygrophila Férussac, 1822