Iglica illyrica Schuett , 1975

Grego, Jozef, Gloeer, Peter, Eross, Zoltan Peter & Feher, Zoltan, 2017, Six new subterranean freshwater gastropod species from northern Albania and some new records from Albania and Kosovo (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae), Subterranean Biology 23, pp. 85-107 : 91

Iglica illyrica Schuett, 1975

Iglica (Rhaphica) illyrica Schütt, 1975: 8, figs 26-27.

Iglica illyrica - Glöer et al. 2015: 71, fig. 3.

Material.

Kosovo, Gjakova (Đakovica) district, Deçan ( Dečani), Deçani luginë valley (dolina Dečani) 2 km NW behind the Visoki Dečani Monastery, along the left bank of Lumbardh i Deçanit ( Dečanska Bistrica), W of the trout farm. 710 m, 42.5533°N; 20.2492°E; leg. Angyal, Erőss, Fehér, Grego, 25.6.2014

Remarks.

This species is known only from the three locations, namely the spring of the White Drin River in Kosovo (Burimi i Drinit të Bardhë or Beli Drin Izvor, Fig. 2E), which is the type locality, from Kosovska Mitrovica in Kosovo and from Soljani near Rožaj in Montenegro ( Schütt 1975). This new record extends its distribution range southwards along the foothills of Prokletije Mountains. We have to note, that during our visit in 2016, we observed significant disturbance of the spring habitat compared to 2014, when we first found this species. The extraordinary floods of near rivulet Lumbardh i Deçanit removed a large part of the left bank stone debris under the spring resulting in leaking the spring waters directly to the rivulet sediment and almost drying out the spring. As a result, no specimen of the species was found in the locality during our 2016 visit. We believe that the species is still present inside the underground waters and in the nearby waterworks installation.