Vertigo botanicorum sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae) - a new whorl-snail from the Russian Altai Mountains

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Arts. It includes Faculty of Science. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.

Authors	HORSÁK Michal PORYSZKO Beata
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Zootaxa
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Vertigo; terrestrial microgastropods; new species; southern Siberia; distribution; ecology
Description	Vertigo botanicorum sp. nov. is described from the Russian Altai Mountains. The species was recorded in 8 out of 118 study sites and totally 21 live individuals and 15 empty shells were collected. It is a medium-sized Vertigo species living in various tall-forb meadows, shrubby and forest habitats; avoiding only dry and strictly open sites. Mostly it was found in rather acidic sites of higher altitudes (above 1300 m a.s.l.).
Related projects:	Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time Vegetation diversity along a continentality gradient in southern Siberia: a key to understanding Early Postglacial history of Central Europe