New localities of Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae) in Wielkopolska (W Poland)

Elżbieta Koralewska-Batura,Andrzej Dziabaszewski

doi:10.12657/folmal.008.017

Abstract

Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821) is recorded from two new localities in the Wielkopolska region, W Poland. The sites are located outside the continuous distribution range of the species, probably as remains of its more numerous insular localities in the Warta river valley.

Highlights

C. vindobonensis is a south-eastern European species
According to URBAÑSKI (1935), the isolated populations of C. vindobonensis along the Vistula river, like those of other animal and plant species, may have been founded by individuals brought by the river current
The author listed two regions of its occurrence in Wielkopolska (W Poland): one, upon the Noteæ river, connected with the isolated localities along the Vistula; another extending along the Warta river

Summary

Introduction

C. vindobonensis is a south-eastern European species. The north-western part of its continuous distribution range covers the northern Caucasus, Crimea and the Balkan Penisula up to eastern Austria, the former Czechoslovakia and south-eastern Poland. According to URBAÑSKI (1935), the isolated populations of C. vindobonensis along the Vistula river, like those of other animal and plant species, may have been founded by individuals brought by the river current. The author listed two regions of its occurrence in Wielkopolska (W Poland): one, upon the Noteæ river, connected with the isolated localities along the Vistula; another extending along the Warta river.

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