Grossuana euxina (A.J. Wagner, 1928 )

Marković, Vanja, Gojšina, Vukašin, Novaković, Boris, Božanić, Milenka, Stojanović, Katarina, Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara & Živić, Ivana, 2021, The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status, Zootaxa 5003 (1), pp. 1-64 : 18-19

28. Grossuana euxina (A.J. Wagner, 1928)

Findings in Serbia.

Grossuana serbica codreanui: Radoman (1983) .

Grossuana euxina euxina : Karaman & Karaman (2007).

Grossuana remesiana: Radoman (1973) .

Grossuana serbica remesiana: Radoman (1983) ; Jovanović (1995, 1998, 1999).

Grossuana euxina remesiana : Karaman & Karaman (2007).

Grossuana serhica: Radoman (1973) .

Grossuana serhica serbica: Radoman (1983) ; Jovanović (1991, 1995, 1998).

Grossuana euxina serbica : Karaman & Karaman (2007).

Morphology. Minute snails with conical ovoid shell up to 2 mm high. It has 4–4.5 whorls and blunt apex, last whorl can be keeled. Umbilicus is slit like or closed. For more details see Radoman (1983: 58, fig. 48).

Distribution and ecology. South-eastern Europe (Alpes-Dinaric) species. It inhabits subterranean and spring waters. In Serbia, majority of the records are from eastern Serbia (Balkan Mtn.).

Other remarks. Three subspecies are listed in Karaman & Karaman (2007), viz., Grossuana e. euxina and G. e. remesiana (eastern Serbia) and G. e. serbica (south-western Serbia, Raška and Novi Pazar Municipalities). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC ( Georgiev, 2011). The species is protected on national level (Annex 1-strictly protected species; Official Gazette of RS 5/2010, 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016).