Ecology and Current Distribution of Three Habitat-Specialized Land Snail Species of the Genus Vertigo (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Our understanding of species distribution and ecology is critical to properly assess their conservation status. Vertigo lilljeborgi, V. genesii, and V. geyeri have the centre of their current distribution in northern Europe, where their occurrence is relatively frequent. However, to the south their occurrence is fragmented and restricted to sites of late glacial/early Holocene origin. In the last ~30 years, there has been an increase in records, connected with the listing of the latter two species in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive (94/43/EEC). However, there is no comprehensive publication documenting their pan-European distribution. Therefore, we assembled all available data from online databases, books, and scientific literature and combined them with our unpu

SUBMITTER: Coufal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629111 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature