The oldest known site of the Roman snail (Helix pomatia L.) in the Ślęża Mountain (SW Poland)

  • Jerzy Błoszyk Department of General Zoology, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; The Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
  • Szymon Konwerski The Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
  • Joanna Gogol Department of General Zoology, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; The Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
  • Agnieszka Napierała Department of General Zoology, Faculty of Biology AMU in Poznań, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Keywords: Distribution, Isolation, Mollusca, Nunatak, Radunia Mountain

Abstract

Study on the distribution of the Roman snail in the Ślęża Massif was carried out in 2016. The species was recorded at the foot of the Ślęża and Radunia Mountains, on their slopes (to the 300 m a.s.l.) and at the top of the Ślęża Mountain. The slopes of the Ślęża and Radunia Mountains are covered with spruce and beech forests without undergrowth which is unfavorable for this snail. Therefore, we suspect that the population of the species on the top of the Ślęża Mountain is an isolated and the oldest population of Helix pomatia recorded in Poland.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2586109

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Published
2019-03-06
How to Cite
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Błoszyk, J.; Konwerski, S.; Gogol, J.; Napierała, A. The Oldest Known Site of the Roman Snail (Helix Pomatia L.) in the Ślęża Mountain (SW Poland). European Journal of Biological Research 2019, 9, 29-33.
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