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.
| Alzoniella slovenica | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Alzoniella slovenica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Alzoniella |
| Species: | A. slovenica
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| Alzoniella slovenica | |
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Shell description edit
The width of the shell is up to 0.6 mm (0.024 in). The height of the shell is up to 1.7 mm (0.067 in).[4]
Alzoniella slovenica is blind.[4]
Distribution edit
Distribution of this species is western carpathian.[5]
This species is found in the White Carpathians. It is endemic to Moravia (Czech Republic) and in Slovakia.[4]
Its conservation status in the Czech Republic is endangered[6][7] and it is "rare" in Slovakia.[8]
Biotope edit
It is a crenobiotic species: it lives in groundwater and it can be found in water wells.[4]
References edit
- ^ Vavrova, L. (2011). "Alzoniella slovenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155334A4777932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155334A4777932.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ (in German) Ložek & Brtek (1964). "Neue Belgrandiella aus den Westkarpaten". Arch. Moll. 93(5/6): 201–207. Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ 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 Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF.
- ^ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
- ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
- ^ (in Czech) 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.