Paladilhia hungarica

Paladilhia hungarica is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Hungary.

Paladilhia hungarica

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Paladilhia
Species:
P. hungarica
Binomial name
Paladilhia hungarica
Soos, 1927

The shell is approximately 2 mm long with a diameter of 1 mm, with a glass-like shine. The shell becomes white when the animal dies. The species lives only in the Mecsek mountains, in two caves and in springs with clear karst water. Little is known about it, apart from being an omnivore. Its habitat is scattered and small.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Paladilhia hungarica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. "Védett állatok Magyarországon" (PDF) (in Hungarian). SZIE Gödöllő, Állattani és Állatökológiai tanszék. 2011. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  3. Angyal Dorottya. "Konzervációbiológiai és molekuláris taxonómiai vizsgálatok a magyar vakcsiga (Bythiospeum hungaricum (Soós, 1927)) populációin a Mecsek hegység két barlangjában" (PDF) (in Hungarian). termeszetvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. "magyar vakcsiga" (in Hungarian). termeszetvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-17.


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