Alzoniella slovenica explained

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.

Shell description

The width of the shell is up to 0.6mm. The height of the shell is up to 1.7mm.

Alzoniella slovenica is blind.

Distribution

Distribution of this species is western carpathian.^[1]

This species is found in the White Carpathians. It is endemic to Moravia (Czech Republic) and in Slovakia.^[2]

Its conservation status in the Czech Republic is endangered^{[3] [4]} and it is "rare" in Slovakia.^[5]

Biotope

It is a crenobiotic species: it lives in groundwater and it can be found in water wells.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
2. 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.
3. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
4. 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.
5. Šteffek J. (1994). "Current status of the molluscs of Slovakia in relation to their exposure to danger". Biologia, Bratislava 49(5): 651–655.