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ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICAActa zool. bulg., 70 (4), 2018: 469-477
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
Zoogeography and FaunisticsResearch Article
IntroductionThe Prespa National Park is included in the network of protected territories in Albania and is an integral component of the planned large trans-boundary con-servation area occupying the Lake Prespa drainage basin situated in Albania, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. These states have declared their will-ingness and commitment to unite their efforts in or-der to protect the unique natural values of the two lakes, Great Prespa Lake and Small Prespa Lake, and the surrounding mountainous ecosystems on Mali i Thatë (Galichica), Suva Gora and Pelister Mountains (Hristovski et al. 2014). Comprehensive informa-tion on the diversity and the conservation status of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna in this region is lacking. It has been predicted that the invertebrate fauna of the Prespa National Park in Albania is di-verse, with some species being important from the conservation point of view, including many endemic and relict taxa (Hristovski et al. 2014).
Previous studies have recorded 13 terrestrial gas-tropod species and subspecies from the the territory of the Prespa National Park and its vicinity: Helix schlae-flii, Lindholmiola corcyrensis, Lindholmiola lens (A. Ferrusac, 1832), Monacha frequens, Montenegrina dofleini dofleini, M. d. prespaensis, M. d. wagneri, M. hiltrudae costulata, M. h. desaretica, M. h. fusca, M. h. sattmanni, Zebrina detrita and Wladislawia tha-teensis (Dhora & Welter-Schultes 1996, Welter-Schultes 1996, Fehér & Drimmer 2004, Erőss et al. 2006, Nordsieck 2008, Subai 2012, Neubert 2014, Fehér & Szekeres 2016).
The aim of the present article is to provide a survey of the diversity of the terrestrial gastropods of the Prespa National Park (Albania) by sampling and identification of new collections and summarising published data, to estimate the conservation value of the malacofauna in the region and to identify the most important habitats for terrestrial molluscs.
Diversity of Terrestrial Gastropods (Molluscsa, Gastropoda) in the Prespa National Park, Albania
Ivaylo K. Dedov1*, Zoltán Fehér2,3, Miklós Szekeres4 & Ulrich E. Schneppat5
1 Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: [email protected] Natural History Museum, Vienna, 3rd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, A-1010, Vienna, Austria3 Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary; E-mail: [email protected] Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary; E-mail: [email protected] Sennereiweg 8, CH-7074 Churwalden-Malix, Switzerland; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: In total, 51 terrestrial gastropod taxa are recorded from the Prespa National Park, Albania. Seven species are local endemics for the region of Lake Prespa and adjacent mountains, eight are West-Balkan endemics and seven are Balkan endemics. There are no species considered threatened according to the IUCN cat-egories and only one species, Orcula wagneri, is in the category Near Threatened. Of the habitats studied, limestone rocks and rocky grasslands are the most important for the diversity of the gastropods in the region.
Key words: Albania, Prespa National Park, terrestrial gastropod fauna, distribution
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Materials and MethodsThe materials were collected at 41 localities (Table 1, Fig. 1) between 2007 and 2016 in the course of vari-ous field trips. Hand-collecting and the soil-sifting methods were used. The gastropods were preserved in 70% ethanol or kept as dry shells in the collec-tions of the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (IBER-BAS), the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (HNHM) and the Natural History Museum, Vienna (NHMW). The morphological and anatomical examinations were carried out using ster-eomicroscope.
ResultsThe present study adds 39 species newly re-
corded for the territory of the Prespa National Park (Albania) and, with the present publications, 51 mol-lusks taxa are known for the region (Table 2). One species (Lindholmiola lens) was not confirmed. Several species of high importance for biodiversity conservation were found. Seven gastropods are lo-cal endemics for the region of Lake Prespa and ad-jacent mountains, eight are West-Balkan endemics and seven are Balkan endemics. Only one species, Orcula wagneri, is included in IUCN categories for threatened species as Near Threatened.
Out of the species recorded, 19 were collected nearby Lake Prespa only from altitudes between 850 and 900 m (Oxyloma elegans, Lauria cylindracea, Pyramidula cephalonica, P. pusilla, Truncatellina claustralis, T. cylindrica, T. rothi, Jaminia quad-ridens, Cecilioides acicula, Montenegrina dofleini prespaensis, M. hiltrudae desaretica, Mediterranea inopinata, Tandonia sp., Oligolimax sp., aff. Semilimacella, Limacus flavus, Limax cf. cone-menosi, L. cf. corcyrensis and Cernuella virgata). Twenty-one species occurred in the vicinity between the lake and the rocks and rocky pastures above the forest zone of the mountains at altitudes 850 – above 2200 m (Chondrina arcadica, Chondrula macedon-ica, C. microtragus, Merdigera obscura, Zebrina detrita, Alinda biplicata distincta, Montenegrina hiltrudae costulata, M. h. sattmanni, Strigilodelima conspersa, Vitrea cf. botterii, Mediterranea sp., Morlina glabra, Vitrina sp., Lehmannia cf. brunneri, Lindholmiola corcyrensis, Candidula rhabdotoides, Monacha frequens, Xerolenta obvia, Helix lucorum, H. philibinensis and H. schlaeflii). Nine further spe-cies were typical for the highest limestone areas of the mountains (900 – above 2200 m a.s.l.) and did not occur near the lake (Cochlostoma sp., Orcula
wagneri, Montenegrina dofleini dofleini, M. d. wag-neri, M. hiltrudae fusca, Tandonia macedonica, Limax cf. graecus, L. cf. maximus and Wladislawia thateensis).
Although the forest in the Prespa National Park is growing on limestone, it has not been proved as a habitat especially rich in terrestrial gastropod species by the present study. Only three species were found in such habitats and one of them (Lauria cylindracea) occurred also in Buxus sempervirens shrublands and highly degraded and modified Querco-Carpinetum orientalis forest around Lake Prespa (Table 3).
DiscussionThe biodiversity value of the terrestrial gastropod fauna of the Prespa National Park (Albania) is high, though its relatively small territory (277.5 km2): 51 terrestrial gastropods have been found up to now, including a high number of endemics – 22 species or 43% (Table 2). According to our results, lime-stone rocks and rocky grasslands are the most im-
Fig. 1. Sampling localities in the Prespa National Park, Albania. Numbers correspond to those in Table 1.
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Tabl
e 1.
Loc
aliti
es (P
resp
a N
atio
nal P
ark)
, Abb
revi
atio
n: C
oll.
No.
– c
atal
og n
umbe
r of t
he c
olle
ctio
n of
Inst
itute
of B
iodi
vers
ity a
nd G
ener
al R
esea
rch,
Bul
garia
n A
cade
my
of S
cien
ces (
IBER
, BA
S); H
NH
M –
col
lect
ion
of th
e H
unga
rian
Nat
iona
l His
tory
Mus
eum
; NH
MW
– c
olle
ctio
n of
the
Nat
ural
His
tory
Mus
eum
, Vie
nna.
№C
oll.N
oLo
calit
ies
Coo
rdin
ates
N/E
Alti
tude
(m
)H
abita
ts
120
412
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa L
ake s
hore
), vi
ll. K
alla
mas
(= v
ill. T
umin
ec),
24 V
201
3, le
g. D
edov
; 17
X 2
014,
leg.
Feh
ér, H
arin
g, Ja
ksch
, Sat
tman
n; 2
9 VI 2
015,
leg.
Erő
ss,
Fehé
r, G
rego
40.8
919°
20.
9395
°85
0-85
6lim
esto
ne ro
cks w
ith b
ushe
s (Pr
uno
web
bii–
Ju-
nipe
retu
m ex
celsa
e)
220
413
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(=G
reat
Pre
spa L
ake s
hore
), 24
V 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.872
0° 2
0.92
60°
855
limes
tone
rock
s with
bus
hes
320
414
Kor
çë D
istric
t, vi
ll. G
oric
a e M
adhe
(= v
ill. G
orna
Gor
ica)
, nea
r chu
rch,
24
V 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.893
4° 2
0.90
17°
921
open
terra
in
420
415
2041
6M
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suv
a G
ora
Mts.
), ne
ar th
e M
aced
onia
n bo
rder
, S o
f the
bor
der-c
ross
ing
„Sub
o-tin
o“, 2
5 V
201
3, 2
4 V
I 201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.9
098°
20.
8950
°97
5ro
cky
limes
tone
mea
dow
bet
wee
n fo
rests
of
Que
rcus
frai
netto
and
Que
rcus
cerr
is
5 20
417
2041
8M
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suv
a Gor
a Mts.
), 25
V 2
013,
24
VI 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.898
0° 2
0.86
47°
1311
Festu
co h
eter
ophy
llae-
Fage
tum
, und
er lo
g
620
419
2042
0M
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suv
a Gor
a Mts.
), “P
ikin
a Vod
a” ar
ea, 2
5 V
201
3, 2
4 V
I 201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.9
055°
20.
8541
°15
65lim
esto
ne m
eado
w w
ith s
catte
red
bush
es a
nd
trees
7 20
421
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
“The
tow
er o
f the
war
” are
a, 25
V 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.912
2° 2
0.84
98°
1736
alpi
ne ro
cky
limes
tone
mea
dow
8 20
422
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
25 V
201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.9
106°
20.
8477
°17
31Fa
gus f
ores
t
9 20
423
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa
Lake
shor
e), y
ard
of th
e Adm
inist
ratio
n of
Pr
espa
Nat
iona
l Par
k, 2
6 V
201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.8
818°
20.
9207
°86
6 m
eado
w
10
2042
4K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës së
Vog
ël (=
Les
ser P
resp
a Lak
e), v
ill. T
ren,
in fr
ont o
f the
cave
„S
hpel
a e T
reni
t“, 2
6 V
201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.6
722°
20.
9868
°85
6lim
esto
ne ro
cks
1120
425
2042
6K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës së
Vog
ël (=
Les
ser P
resp
a Lak
e), b
etw
een
vill.
Shu
ec an
d vi
ll.
Tren
, ban
k of
the l
ake,
26 V
201
3, 2
4 V
I 201
3, le
g. D
edov
; 13
V 2
016,
leg.
Pap
arist
o40
.684
7° 2
0.99
84°
863-
930
Buxu
s sem
perv
irens
on
limes
tone
rock
-bas
e
12
2042
7K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës së
Vog
ël (=
Less
er P
resp
a La
ke),
„Rak
cko“
are
a, 26
V 2
013,
le
g. D
edov
40.7
245°
20.
9768
°11
09
limes
tone
pas
ture
with
scat
tere
d bu
shes
13
2042
820
429
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa
Lake
shor
e), v
ill. G
llobo
çeni
(= v
ill. G
lobo
-ch
eni),
26
V 2
013,
23-
25 V
I 201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.8
574°
20.
9429
°86
5lim
esto
ne ro
cks
1420
430
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(=G
reat
Pre
spa L
ake s
hore
), ne
ar v
ill. Z
aros
hkë (
= vi
ll. Z
rnos
-ko
), Ra
lnik
area
, 27
V 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.766
8° 2
0.92
77°
868
Buxu
s sem
perv
irens
shru
blan
d (h
ighl
y de
grad
ed
and
mod
ified
Que
rco-
Carp
inet
um o
rient
alis
for-
est)
on li
mes
tone
rock
s
1520
431
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa
Lake
sho
re),
near
the
chur
ch o
f St.
Tana
s, N
E of
vill
. Liq
enas
(= v
ill. P
uste
c), 2
7 V
201
3, le
g. D
edov
; 1 k
m N
E of
vill
. Liq
enas
(=v
ill.
Puste
c), S
v. A
tana
s and
Ant
oni V
elik
i chu
rch,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
es, 0
2 V
II 20
03, l
eg. E
rőss
, Feh
ér,
Kon
tschá
n, M
urán
yi; 2
9 V
I 201
3, le
g. E
rőss
, Feh
ér, G
rego
40.7
918°
20.
9134
°85
0-87
0M
orus
spec
. tre
e, lim
esto
ne ro
cks
16
2043
2K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës (=
Gre
at P
resp
a La
ke sh
ore)
, vill
. Gllo
boçe
ni (=
vill
. Glo
bo-
chen
i), b
oat h
arbo
r, 23
VI 2
013,
leg.
I. D
edov
; 30
VI 2
015
leg.
Erő
ss, F
ehér
, Gre
go40
.859
3° 2
0.94
92°
850-
855
limes
tone
rock
s
17
2043
3K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës (=
Gre
at P
resp
a Lak
e sho
re),
vill.
Kal
lam
as (=
vill
. Tum
inec
), 23
VI 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov
40.8
942°
20.
9373
°85
7m
eado
ws
472
Dedov I. K., Z. Fehér, M. Szekeres & U. E. Schneppat
№C
oll.N
oLo
calit
ies
Coo
rdin
ates
N/E
Alti
tude
(m
)H
abita
ts
18
2043
4K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
së V
ogël
(= L
esse
r Pre
spa L
ake)
, nea
r vill
. Buz
ëliq
en (=
vill
Za
grad
ets)
, 24
VI 2
013,
leg.
, Ded
ov40
.676
7° 2
1.00
38°
866
limes
tone
rock
s, Bu
xus s
empe
rvire
ns
1920
435
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
near
Cer
je (=
vill
. Cer
je),
24 V
I 201
3, le
g. D
edov
40
.752
3° 2
0.94
34°
1126
rock
y lim
esto
ne m
eado
ws,
Que
rcus
troj
ana
2020
436
2043
7M
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suv
a Gor
a Mts.
), Pl
laja
e Pu
sit p
eak,
25
VI 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov
40.8
798°
20.
8418
°2
20
4-
2269
limes
tone
rock
s nea
r pat
ch o
f sno
w
2120
438
Mal
i i T
hatë
(=Su
va G
ora
Mts.
), up
to v
ill. G
llobo
çeni
(= v
ill. G
lobo
chen
i), 2
3 IX
201
3, le
g.
Ded
ov40
.852
3° 2
0.94
71°
918
Que
rco
troya
nae-
Carp
inet
hum
orie
ntal
ae,
on
limes
tone
rock
bas
e
2220
439
Mal
i i T
hatë
(=Su
va G
ora
Mts.
), up
to v
ill. G
llobo
çeni
(= v
ill. G
lobo
chen
i), 2
3 IX
201
3, le
g.
Ded
ov40
.845
6° 2
0.94
92°
1035
rock
y lim
esto
ne m
eado
ws
2320
440
2044
1M
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suva
Gor
a Mts.
), “T
he to
wer
of t
he w
ar” a
rea,
24 IX
201
3, le
g. D
edov
40.9
138°
20.
8433
°1
81
4-
1830
alpi
ne m
eado
w o
n lim
esto
ne an
d ro
cky
slope
s
2420
442
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa
Lake
shor
e), r
ock
chur
ch n
ear M
oste
ts, 2
5 IX
201
3, le
g. D
edov
;K
orçë
Dist
rict,
cave
tem
ple
ca. 4
km
S o
f vill
. Gllo
boçe
ni (=
vill
. Glo
boch
eni),
at L
iqen
i i P
re-
spës
, 30
VI 2
015,
leg.
Erő
ss, F
ehér
, Gre
go
40.8
419°
20.
9615
°85
0-87
0lim
esto
ne ro
cks
25
2044
3K
orcë
Dist
rict,
at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës (=
Gre
at P
resp
a Lak
e sho
re),
Ishu
lli M
alig
rad
(= is
land
“Mal
G
rad”
), 25
IX 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov40
.791
5° 2
0.93
31°
859
limes
tone
rock
s, bu
shes
2620
444
Kor
cë D
istric
t, at
Liq
eni i
Pre
spës
(= G
reat
Pre
spa L
ake s
hore
), ro
ck ch
urch
“St.
Mar
ena”
, nea
r D
labo
ko, c
a. 4
km E
of v
ill. K
alla
mas
, 25
IX 2
013,
leg.
Ded
ov; 2
9 V
I 201
5, le
g. E
rőss
, Feh
ér,
Gre
go,
40.8
869°
20.
9727
°85
0-85
3lim
esto
ne ro
cks
27H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
vill.
Liq
enas
(= v
ill. P
uste
c), b
y th
e sh
ore
of L
iqen
i i P
resp
es (=
Gre
at P
resp
a La
ke),
18 IX
199
2, le
g. F
ehér
; 02
VII
2003
, leg
. Erő
ss, F
ehér
, Kon
tschá
n, M
urán
yi40
.789
7° 2
0.90
87°
844-
860
lacu
strin
e dr
ift m
ater
ial,
degr
aded
rude
ral v
eg-
etat
ion
and
limes
tone
rock
s
28H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
E of
vill
. Liq
enas
(= v
ill. P
uste
c), I
shul
l i V
ogël
, sho
re o
f Liq
eni i
Pre
spes
(=
Gre
at P
resp
a Lak
e), 1
7 V
III 2
007,
leg.
Feh
ér, T
amás
40.7
915°
20.
9324
° 86
0lim
esto
ne ro
cks
29N
HM
WK
orçë
Dist
rict,
vill.
Gllo
boçe
ni (=
vill
. Glo
boch
eni),
N s
ide,
17 X
201
4, le
g. F
ehér
, Har
ing,
Ja
ksch
, Sat
tman
n40
.858
° 20.
9426
°86
0lim
esto
ne ro
cks
30N
HM
WK
orçë
Dist
rict,
betw
een
vill.
Gllo
boçe
ni (=
vill
. Glo
boch
eni)
and
vill.
Liq
enas
(= v
ill. P
uste
c), 1
km
N o
f the
Die
las j
unct
ion,
17
X 2
014,
leg.
Feh
ér, H
arin
g, Ja
ksch
, Sat
tman
n40
.812
2° 2
0.90
45°
1040
rock
y gr
assla
nd
31N
HM
WK
orçë
Dist
rict,
2 km
SE
of K
alla
mas
, at L
iqen
i i P
resp
ës (=
Gre
at P
resp
a Lak
e), 2
9 V
I 201
5, le
g.
Erős
s, Fe
hér,
Gre
go40
.880
9° 2
0.95
90°
850
limes
tone
rock
s
32N
HM
WK
orçë
Dist
rict,
sinkh
ole c
ave 1
km
S o
f Gor
icë e
Vog
ël, 2
9 V
I 201
5, le
g. E
rőss
, Feh
ér, G
rego
40.8
699°
20.
9295
°85
0am
ong
boul
ders
at th
e ope
ning
of t
he ca
ve
33H
NH
MK
orçë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva
Gor
a M
ts.),
ca. 4
.3 k
m E
of t
he v
ill. P
odgo
rije,
ca. 1
.3 k
m
E of
the p
eak
“Bre
gu i
Stan
it”, 2
0 V
200
7, le
g. B
arin
a, Pi
fkó,
Ném
eth
40.8
255°
20.
8528
°18
25lim
esto
ne ro
cks
34H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
ca. 3
.9 k
m E
of t
he v
ill. P
odgo
rije,
betw
een
the
peak
s “Br
egu
i Sta
nit”
and
“Mez
a”, 2
0 V
200
7, le
g. B
arin
a, Pi
fkó,
Ném
eth
40.8
179°
20.
8494
°18
58lim
esto
ne ro
cks
Tabl
e 1.
Con
tinua
tion.
Diversity of Terrestrial Gastropods (Molluscsa, Gastropoda) in the Prespa National Park, Albania
473
Tabl
e 1.
Con
tinua
tion.
№C
oll.N
oLo
calit
ies
Coo
rdin
ates
N/E
Alti
tude
(m
)H
abita
ts
35H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva
Gor
a M
ts.),
ca. 3
.2 k
m E
of t
he v
ill. P
odgo
rije,
ca. 1
.0 k
m
NW
of M
ount
“Mez
a” an
d 1.
5 km
S o
f Mou
nt “S
tani
”, 20
V 2
007,
leg.
Bar
ina,
Pifk
ó, N
émet
h40
.814
3° 2
0.84
02°
1863
limes
tone
bou
lder
s on
gras
sland
36H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva
Gor
a M
ts.),
ca. 2
.9 k
m N
W o
f the
vill
. Liq
enas
(= v
ill.
Puste
c), c
a. 2.
2 km
E/N
E of
the p
eak
“Buz
e K
orut
es”,
22 V
200
7, le
g. B
arin
a, Pi
fkó
40.8
024°
20.
8741
°17
46ka
rstic
shru
blan
d
37H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva
Gor
a M
ts.),
ca. 4
.3 k
m N
W o
f the
vill
. Liq
enas
(= v
ill.
Puste
c), c
a. 70
0 m
S o
f a p
eak,
22
V 2
007,
leg.
Bar
ina,
Pifk
ó40
.818
3° 2
0.87
28°
1913
limes
tone
rock
s on
a scr
ee sl
ope
38H
NH
MK
orcë
dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
ca. 4
.3 k
m N
W o
f vill
. Liq
enas
(= v
ill. P
uste
c),
ca. 4
00 m
E/S
E of
a pe
ak, 2
2 V
200
7, le
g. B
arin
a, Pi
fkó
40.8
220°
20.
8789
° 20
35lim
esto
ne ro
cks o
n a s
cree
slop
e
39H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva
Gor
a M
ts.),
ca. 1
.7 k
m N
of t
he v
ill. Z
vezd
ë, on
Mou
nt
Zvez
da, 2
.1 k
m S
E of
the p
eak,
25
V 2
007,
leg.
Bar
ina,
Pifk
ó, N
émet
h40
.741
9° 2
0.86
35°
1179
limes
tone
rock
s on
gras
sland
40H
NH
MK
orcë
Dist
rict,
Mal
i i T
hatë
(= S
uva G
ora M
ts.),
ca. 2
.7 k
m N
/NW
of t
he v
ill. Z
vezd
ë, on
Mou
nt
Zvez
da, c
a. 50
0 m
SW
of t
he p
eak,
25
V 2
007,
leg.
Bar
ina,
Pifk
ó, N
émet
h40
.756
5° 2
0.84
95°
1718
limes
tone
rock
s
41H
NH
MM
ali i
Tha
të (=
Suva
Gor
a Mts.
), pa
th fr
om G
oric
ë to
the r
idge
, 200
8, le
g. B
arin
a, Pi
fkó,
Ném
eth
40.8
485°
20.
8624
°17
65lim
esto
ne ro
cks
portant habitats for the diversity of the gastropods in the region. Because of total clearing of forests in the border areas of Albania in the near past, in most cases the forests are young and degraded and not rich in species (Table 2). In some small old patches of the deciduous forest in the park, some forest species could be expected, which are present in the Macedonian part of the mountains. These are Acanthinula aculeata (Müller, 1774), Aegopinella minor (Stabile, 1864), Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803), Dinarica serbica (Rossmässler, 1836), Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801) and Triloba thaumasia (Sturany, 1907). In Albania, very close to the border of the park, the endemic species Chilostoma (Josephinella) byshekensis (Knipper, 1941) has been found and perhaps it occurs in the protected territory, too.
According Dhora & Welter-Schultes (1996), Lindholmiola lens occurs in the region. However, the present study does not confirm this information. As far as Goricë i Madhe is the only known local-ity of this species in Albania and this site has been examined by us at several occasions in the course of the present survey, we suggest to remove L. lens from the Albanian checklist of terrestrial gastropods.
Fehér & Szekeres (2016) have identified the population of Montenegrina from St. Marena church as M. dofleini prespaensis but newly collected data show that it is actually M. hiltrudae desaretica; how-ever, some individuals show transitive conchologi-cal features, which might be a sign of hybridization between the two species.
With the present study, the number of the known terrestrial gastropod species from the region is almost tripled. Nevertheless, many questions still remain. In some of the localities, the specimens of Chondrula macedonica are much more slender and without basal plica. The phenomenon of reduction of apertural structures generally is observed at higher altitudes and represents a local variation of the spe-cies but remains without a clear and well-supported explanation. Such forms with reduced plicae are known in the family Clausiliidae as “oreinos-forms” (Nordsieck 2008) but in the family Enidae the phe-nomenon is still weekly studied. From subjective personal observation, we think that many potential predators (e.g. Diptera: Sciomyzidae; Coleoptera: Elateridae, Drilini) of snails with mouth plicae do not go as high up as the snail species does. The pli-cae are generally thought to prevent predators from entering the snail shell through the apertural open-ing. If there is no or only very little pressure by these predators, eventually there is no reason anymore for developing such plicae.
474
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Tabl
e.2.
Lis
t of t
he g
astro
pods
in P
resp
a N
atio
nal P
ark
(Alb
ania
). Th
e nu
mbe
rs o
f loc
aliti
es c
orre
spon
d to
thos
e in
the
first
col
umn
of th
e Ta
ble
1. A
bbre
viat
ion:
ID
– R
egis
-tra
tion
num
ber o
f mol
lusk
s in
colle
ctio
n of
Inst
itute
of B
iodi
vers
ity a
nd E
cosy
stem
Res
earc
h, B
ulga
rian
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
s; H
NH
M –
Hun
garia
n N
atur
al H
isto
ry M
useu
m,
Bud
apes
t; N
HM
W –
col
lect
ion
of th
e N
atur
al H
isto
ry M
useu
m, V
ienn
a; M
SS -
mili
eu so
ubte
rrai
n su
perfi
ciel
; BL
– B
alka
n en
dem
ics,
WB
L –
Wes
tern
Bal
kan
ende
mic
s, LE
–
Loca
l end
emic
s (en
dem
ic fo
r the
regi
on a
roun
d th
e la
ke P
resp
a, in
clud
ing
adja
cent
mou
ntai
ns);
IUC
N –
incl
uded
in “
The
IUC
N R
ed L
ist o
f Thr
eate
ned
Spec
ies”
(Eur
ope)
as
LC
– le
ast c
once
rn, N
T –
Nea
r Thr
eate
ned
No
SPE
CIE
SSA
MPL
ES
Mai
n ha
bita
t in
the
park
Alti
tude
ran
ge
in th
e pa
rkE
ndem
ics
Prot
ecte
d
Coc
hlos
tom
atid
ae1
Coc
hlos
tom
a (T
urri
tus)
sp.
HN
HM
: 40
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
1718
----
Succ
inei
dae
2O
xylo
ma
(Oxy
lom
a) e
lega
ns (R
isso
, 182
6)H
NH
M: 2
7W
etla
nd85
0--
--L
auri
idae
3La
uria
cyl
indr
acea
(da
Cos
ta, 1
778)
ID: 2
0430
, 204
32, 2
0443
; NH
MW
: 24
Deg
rade
d de
cidu
ous f
ores
t85
5-86
8--
--O
rcul
idae
4O
rcul
a cf
. wag
neri
Stu
rany
, 191
4ID
: 204
37, 2
0440
, 204
41; H
NH
M: 3
3Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
1814
-226
9W
BL
NT
Pyra
mid
ulid
ae5
Pyra
mid
ula
ceph
alon
ica
(Wes
terlu
nd, 1
898)
ID: 2
0432
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
855
WB
L--
6Py
ram
idul
a pu
silla
Gitt
enbe
rger
& B
ank,
19
96ID
: 204
30, 2
0432
, 204
43; N
HM
W: 2
4;
HN
HM
: 28
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
855-
868
----
Cho
ndri
nida
e
7C
hond
rina
arc
adic
a (R
einh
ardt
, 188
1)ID
: 204
12, 2
0413
, 204
30 (c
f.), 2
0432
; H
NH
M: 1
5, 3
3, 3
4, 3
9, 4
0; N
HM
W: 2
4R
ocks
(lim
esto
nes,
petro
philo
us)
850-
1858
--LC
Vert
igin
idae
8Tr
unca
telli
na c
laus
tral
is (G
redl
er, 1
856)
HN
HM
: 28
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds86
0--
--9
Trun
cate
llina
cyl
indr
ica
(Fer
ussa
c, 1
807)
ID: 2
0430
, 204
32; N
HM
W: 2
4Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
855-
868
--LC
10Tr
unca
telli
na ro
thi (
Rei
nhar
dt, 1
916)
ID: 2
0430
, 204
32; N
HM
W: 2
4Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
855-
868
--LC
Eni
dae
11C
hond
rula
mac
edon
ica
Wag
ner,
1914
ID: 2
0412
(cf.)
, 204
21, 2
0425
, 204
27, 2
0440
, 20
441,
204
42 (c
f.), 2
0443
(cf.)
, 204
44 (c
f.);
HN
HM
: 15,
28,
35,
40;
NH
MW
: 1Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
850-
1863
BL
LC
12C
hond
rula
mic
rotr
agus
(Ros
smas
sler
, 183
9)
ID: 2
0412
, 204
13, 2
0420
, 204
25,
2042
7,
2043
0, 2
0434
, 204
39, 2
0442
(cf.)
, 204
43,
2044
4 (c
f.); H
NH
M: 1
5, 2
7, 2
8; N
HM
W: 1
, 26
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds85
0-15
65B
LLC
13Ja
min
ia q
uadr
iden
s (M
ülle
r, 17
74)
ID: 2
0413
, 204
32Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
855
--LC
14M
erdi
gera
obs
cura
(Mül
ler,
1774
)ID
: 204
18, 2
0429
Deg
rade
d de
cidu
ous f
ores
t86
5-13
11--
LC
14Ze
brin
a de
trita
(Mül
ler,
1774
)ID
: 204
12, 2
0419
, 204
20, 2
0425
, 20
427,
20
430,
204
31, 2
0439
, 204
42, 2
0443
, 204
44;
HN
HM
: 15,
27,
28;
NH
MW
: 1Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
850-
1565
----
Feru
ssac
iidae
16C
ecili
oide
s (C
ecili
oide
s) a
cicu
la
(Mül
ler,
1774
)ID
: 204
30, 2
0443
; HN
HM
: 28
MSS
859-
868
----
Diversity of Terrestrial Gastropods (Molluscsa, Gastropoda) in the Prespa National Park, Albania
475
Tabl
e 2.
Con
tinua
tion.
No
SPE
CIE
SSA
MPL
ES
Mai
n ha
bita
t in
the
park
Alti
tude
ran
ge
in th
e pa
rkE
ndem
ics
Prot
ecte
d
Cla
usili
idae
17Al
inda
bip
licat
a di
stin
cta
(Stu
rany
, 189
4)ID
: 204
12, 2
0413
, 204
21, 2
0424
, 204
30,
2043
1, 2
0432
, 204
34, 2
0442
, 204
43, 2
0444
; H
NH
M: 1
5, 2
8, 4
0; N
HM
W: 1
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds (a
lso
degr
aded
dec
iduo
us fo
rest
s, bu
shes
)85
0-17
36W
BL
--
18M
onte
negr
ina
dofle
ini d
oflei
ni (A
.J. W
agne
r, 19
28)
HN
HM
: 36
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
1746
WB
L--
19M
onte
negr
ina
dofle
ini p
resp
aens
is
Nor
dsie
ck, 1
988
ID: 2
0412
; N
HM
W: 1
, 31
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
850-
856
LE--
20M
onte
negr
ina
dofle
ini w
agne
ri S
zeke
res,
2006
ID: 2
0421
, 204
36, 2
0440
, 204
41; H
NH
M: 3
3,
37, 3
8, 4
1Li
mes
tone
rock
s (pe
troph
ilous
)17
36-2
204
LE--
21M
onte
negr
ina
hiltr
udae
cos
tula
ta E
rőss
&
Szek
eres
, 200
6ID
: 204
30; H
NH
M: 4
0Li
mes
tone
rock
s (pe
troph
ilous
)86
8-17
18LE
--
22M
onte
negr
ina
hiltr
udae
des
aret
ica
Fehé
r &
Szek
eres
, 201
6ID
: 204
31, 2
0442
, 204
43,
2044
4; H
NH
M:
15, 2
7, 2
8; N
HM
W: 2
4, 2
6Li
mes
tone
rock
s (pe
troph
ilous
)85
0-87
0LE
--
23M
onte
negr
ina
hiltr
udae
fusc
a Fe
her &
Sz
eker
es, 2
006
ID: 2
0440
, 204
41Li
mes
tone
rock
s (pe
troph
ilous
)90
0-18
30LE
--
24M
onte
negr
ina
hiltr
udae
sattm
anni
N
ords
ieck
, 198
8
ID: 2
0424
, 204
25, 2
0426
, 204
27, 2
0428
, 20
429,
204
32, 2
0434
, 204
35, 2
0438
; HN
HM
: 39
; NH
MW
: 11,
16,
29
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
850-
1179
LE--
25St
rigi
lode
lima
cons
pers
a (L
. Pfe
iffer
, 184
8)
ID: 2
0430
, 204
31; N
HM
W: 3
0Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
(als
o de
grad
ed d
ecid
uous
fore
sts,
bush
es)
868-
1040
WB
L--
Pris
tilom
atid
ae26
Vitre
a cf
. bot
teri
i (L.
Pfe
iffer
, 185
3)ID
: 204
21, 2
0430
; HN
HM
: 28;
NH
MW
: 24
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds86
0-17
36--
--27
Vitre
a sp
. ID
: 204
32--
855-
1030
----
Oxy
chili
dae
28M
edite
rran
ea in
opin
ata
(Ulic
ny, 1
887)
HN
HM
: 28
Subt
erra
nean
860
----
29M
edite
rran
ea sp
.ID
: 204
36, 2
0443
Su
bter
rane
an?
859-
2204
----
30M
orlin
a gl
abra
(Ros
smas
sler
, 183
5)ID
: 204
12 (c
f.), 2
0413
(cf.)
, 204
24 (a
ntom
y),
2042
9 (c
f.), 2
0430
(cf.)
, 204
43 (c
f.); H
NH
M:
15 (c
f.), 2
8 (c
f.); N
HM
W: 3
2 (c
f.)
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds (a
lso
degr
aded
dec
iduo
us fo
rest
s, bu
shes
)85
0-10
30--
--
Mila
cida
e
31Ta
ndon
ia m
aced
onic
a (R
ähle
, 197
4)
ID: 2
0421
(ant
omy)
, 204
22 (c
f.)R
ocks
1731
-173
6--
--
32Ta
ndon
ia sp
.ID
: 204
23--
866
----
Vitr
inid
ae33
Olig
olim
ax sp
. ID
: 204
32Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
855
----
34V
itrin
idae
, af.
Sem
ilim
acel
la sp
. ID
: 204
30--
868
----
476
Dedov I. K., Z. Fehér, M. Szekeres & U. E. Schneppat
Tabl
e 2.
Con
tinua
tion.
No
SPE
CIE
SSA
MPL
ES
Mai
n ha
bita
t in
the
park
Alti
tude
ran
ge
in th
e pa
rkE
ndem
ics
Prot
ecte
d
35V
itrin
idae
, af.
Vitr
ina
sp.
ID: 2
0420
, 204
21, 2
0432
, 204
36, 2
0437
, 20
441,
204
43--
855-
2269
----
Lim
acid
ae36
Lehm
anni
a cf
. bru
nner
i (W
agne
r, 19
31)
ID: 2
0417
, 204
28, 2
0429
Roc
ks86
5-13
11B
L--
37Li
mac
us fl
avus
(Lin
naeu
s, 17
58)
ID: 2
0429
Syna
nthr
ope
865
BL
--38
Lim
ax c
f. co
nem
enos
i Böt
tger
, 188
2ID
: 204
28Sy
nant
hrop
e86
5--
--
39Li
max
cf.
corc
yren
sis (
Sim
roth
, 190
5) se
nsu
Räh
le 1
981
ID: 2
0429
Roc
ks86
5W
BL
--
40Li
max
cf.
grae
cus S
imro
th, 1
889
ID: 2
0421
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds17
36B
L--
41Li
max
cf.
max
imus
Lin
naeu
s, 17
58ID
: 204
22D
egra
ded
deci
duou
s for
est
1731
----
Agr
iolim
acid
ae42
Der
ocer
as sp
. (M
ülle
r, 17
74)
ID: 2
0421
--17
36--
--H
elic
odon
tidae
43Li
ndho
lmio
la c
orcy
rens
is (D
esha
yes,
1839
)ID
: 204
15, 2
0416
, 204
19, 2
0421
, 204
25,
2042
7, 2
0430
, 204
34, 2
0435
, 204
38, 2
0440
, 20
441;
HN
HM
: 15;
NH
MW
: 1, 3
0
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds (a
lso
degr
aded
dec
iduo
us fo
rest
s, bu
shes
)86
3-18
30W
BL
LC
Hyg
rom
iidae
44C
andi
dula
rhab
doto
ides
(Wag
ner,
1928
)ID
: 204
12, 2
0421
, 204
25, 2
0427
, 204
30,
2043
4, 2
0440
, 204
42, 2
0443
, 204
44; H
NH
M:
28
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds (a
lso
degr
aded
dec
iduo
us fo
rest
s, bu
shes
)85
3-18
14B
L--
45C
ernu
ella
cf.
virg
ata
(da
Cos
ta, 1
778)
ID: 2
0430
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks a
nd ro
cky
gras
slan
ds (a
lso
degr
aded
dec
iduo
us fo
rest
s, bu
shes
)86
8--
LC
46M
onac
ha c
f. fre
quen
s (M
ouss
on, 1
859)
ID: 2
0421
, 204
33, 2
0438
, 204
41; H
NH
M: 2
7Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
(als
o de
grad
ed d
ecid
uous
fore
sts,
bush
es, r
uder
al
vege
tatio
n)85
0-18
30--
LC
47Xe
role
nta
obvi
a (M
enke
, 182
8)ID
: 204
12, 2
0415
, 204
16, 2
0419
, 204
33,
2043
6Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
(als
o de
grad
ed d
ecid
uous
fore
sts,
bush
es)
856-
2204
--LC
Hel
icid
ae
48H
elix
luco
rum
Lin
naeu
s, 17
58
ID: 2
0413
, 204
14, 2
0415
, 204
19,
2042
3,
2042
4, 2
0425
, 204
26, 2
0427
, 204
28, 2
0439
; H
NH
M: 1
5, 2
7Eu
rybi
ont
850-
1565
--LC
49H
elix
phi
libin
ensi
s Ros
smäs
sler
, 183
9 ID
: 204
12, 2
0413
, 204
19, 2
0425
, 204
26,
2043
0, 2
0431
; HN
HM
: 15,
27;
NH
MW
: 1, 2
9Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
(als
o de
grad
ed d
ecid
uous
fore
sts,
bush
es)
850-
1565
BL
LC
50H
elix
schl
aefli
i Mou
sson
, 185
9ID
: 204
21, 2
0436
, 204
41Li
mes
tone
rock
s and
rock
y gr
assl
ands
866-
2204
WB
LLC
51W
ladi
slaw
ia th
atee
nsis
Sub
ai, 2
012
HN
HM
: 33,
34
Lim
esto
ne ro
cks (
petro
philo
us)
1825
-185
8LE
--N
oSP
EC
IES
LO
CA
LIT
IES
Mai
n ha
bita
t in
the
park
Alti
tude
ran
geE
ndem
ics
Prot
ecte
dL
E-7
BL
-7W
BL
-8
NT-
1L
C-1
4
Diversity of Terrestrial Gastropods (Molluscsa, Gastropoda) in the Prespa National Park, Albania
477
Some species have been found as empty shells only and their determination needs additional studies and anatomical verification. These are Cochlostoma (Turritus) sp., Vitrinidae aff. Semilimacella sp., aff. Vitrina sp. and Oligolimax sp. When juveniles and (or) few specimens only have been found as well when variation of characters is substantial, taxa have been identified at the generic level only (Mediterranea, Vitrea). Therefore, additional spe-cies in the examined area can be expected.
According Sturany & Wagner (1915), the subspecies Orcula wagneri ljubetenensis Sturany, 1914 has a wider diameter than the nominotypical subspecies and has only a single columellar fold. It differs from Orcula schmidtii schmidtii (Küster, 1843) by the fewer number but faster growing whorls and the very narrow umbilicus. These char-acters could vary in different populations and Harl et al. (2014) considered O. schmidtii and O. wagneri as possible synonyms. Our specimens are bigger than O. w. ljubetenensis and resemble O. schmidtii (in some specimens the number of whorls is 9) but, in view of their narrow umbilicus, this might be only a variation of O. w. wagneri.
Such problems exist also with the identification of species of the genus Pyramidula. Despite recent molecular studies (Kirchner et al. 2015, Razkin et al. 2016), it is still not clear where are the morpholog-ical species limits between P. cephalonica and P. pu-silla. Therefore, we identify Pyramidula spp. on con-chological basis only: the population comprising of wider and lower-shelled specimens are identified as P. cephalonica whereas those with higher shell spira and swollen body-whorls are assigned to P. pusilla.
Limax sp. is probably identical with L. corcyren-sis Simroth, 1904 sensu Rähle (1981). It seems, how-ever, our sample from the Lake Prespa area does not fit to the concept of this species as presented by Wiktor (2001) and recognising L. corcyrensis as a synonym of Limax cephalonicus Simroth, 1886. Similar speci-mens to those identified here as “Limax sp.” have been collected from Macedonia and Bulgaria (Dedov, unpublished data). In our opinion, the Limax graecus species-group from the Balkans, southern Italy and Turkey needs an entire taxonomic revision.
Acknowledgement: The present study was completed in the frames of the project task “Biodiversity values of the Prespa Na-tional Park on the basis of selected invertebrate groups” fund-ed by the Association „Friends of the Prespa National Park in Albania“ and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration, Directorate of EU Integration and international projects within the project “Trans-boundary Biosphere Reserve Prespa – support to the National Park Prespa in Albania”. The field trips of the NHMW in 2014 and 2015 were funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P 26581-B25).
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Received: 04.01.2018Accepted: 12.06.2018