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Molluscs of the Milešovský Potok floodplain (Northwest Bohemia, Czech Republic)

Publication at Faculty of Science |
2011

Abstract

This paper presents a research of mollusc assemblages in the Milešovský Potok floodplain (Northwest Bohemia, Czech Republic). Altogether, 72 mollusc species (70 species of Gastropoda, 2 pecies of Bivalvia) have been recorded at the selected sites during previous and recent researches in 1947-2010 representing 29% of the total Czech malacofauna.

Widespread forest species dominate there (40% of all recorded species) with some less common woodland species such as Platyla polita, Oxychilus glaber, Macrogastra ventricosa, Sphyradium doliolum, and Perforatella bidentata. The rest of malacocoenoses is formed by mesophile species (22%), hydrophilous species (6%), species of wetlands (8%), freshwater habitats (8%) and species of open habitats (10%).

Vertigo angustior, a rare wetland species protected by the NATURA system, and Helicella itala, endangered species of open habitats, were also found.