Alzoniella slovenica

Alzoniella slovenica
Apertural view of a shell of Alzoniella slovenica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Alzoniella
Species:	A. slovenica
Binomial name
Alzoniella slovenica (Ložek & Brtek, 1964) [2]
Synonyms
Alzoniella alticola(Ložek & Brtek, 1964) [3] Alzoniella bojnicensis Alzoniella kalasi Alzoniella slovenica komenskyi Alzoniella (Alzoniella) slovenica(Ložek & Brtek, 1964) alternative representation Belgrandiella slovenica alticolaLožek & Brtek, 1964 (junior synonym) Belgrandiella slovenica bojnicensisLožek & Brtek, 1964 (junior synonym) Belgrandiella slovenica komenskyiHudec, 1972 (junior synonym) Belgrandiella slovenica Ložek & Brtek, 1964 (junior synonym)

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. ^[4]

Shell description

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). ^[5]

Alzoniella slovenica is blind. ^[5]

Distribution

Distribution of this species is western carpathian. ^[6]

This species is found in the White Carpathians. It is endemic to Moravia (Czech Republic) and in Slovakia. ^[5]

Its conservation status in the Czech Republic is endangered ^{[7] [8]} and it is "rare" in Slovakia. ^[9]

Biotope

It is a crenobiotic species: it lives in groundwater and it can be found in water wells. ^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. (in German) Ložek & Brtek (1964). "Neue Belgrandiella aus den Westkarpaten". Arch. Moll. 93(5/6): 201–207. Frankfurt am Main.
3. Beran L. & Horsák M. (2001). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Alzoniella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia". Biologia, Bratislava 56(2): 141–148. abstract Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. Alzoniella slovenica (Ložek & Brtek, 1964) . 26 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
5. (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.
6. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
7. Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
8. (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.
9. Šteffek J. (1994). "Current status of the molluscs of Slovakia in relation to their exposure to danger". Biologia, Bratislava 49(5): 651–655.