Publication details
Endemická vřetenovka opavská v kritickém ohrožení – z červené knihy našich měkkýšů
| Title in English | From the National Red List of Molluscs in the Czech Republic – The Endemic Door Snail Critically Endangered |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Živa |
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| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | Cochlodina cerata opaviensis; land snail; endemics; Czech molluscs; conservation |
| Description | Cochlodina cerata opaviensis is one of the few endemics among Czech molluscs. An isolated population in Moravia, in the catchments of the Moravice River and surroundings, was established during the Holocene climatic optimum. Recent research has shown a rapid decline in most sites; its occurrence was confirmed in only four out of 18 historical sites. Human-made degradations of talus forests are certainly the main threat of the species. The question is why the species also disappeared from several almost untouched sites. |
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