Saxurinator schlickumi Schuett , 1960

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 : 95-97

Saxurinator schlickumi Schuett, 1960 Figs 27-28

Saxurinator schlickumi Schütt, 1960: 148, fig. 2 (Rugovska klisura bei Peć).

Saxurinator schlickumi - Bank 2013

Material.

Kosovo, Pejë ( Peć) district, Rugova Gorge, 3.5 km W of the Patriarchate Monastery, spring with travertine waterfalls at the left side of gorge near a resting station, 650 m, 42.6654°N; 20.2307°E; leg. Erőss, Fehér, Grego, Szekeres, 03.07.2016 (NHMW 111660, HNHM 100384)

Remarks.

This species was known only from the type locality, which was defined quite inaccurately as "Rugovska klisura bei Peć” (=Rugova Gorge or Gryka e Rugovës, near Pejë) by Schütt (1960). It has not been found since, and, as the Rugova Gorge is 25 kilometers long and there are numerous springs along both sides, it remained uncertain where the type material originated and where exactly does the species live. Due to the lack of any recent data to validate the species’ distribution, Seddon (2011) assessed it as Data Deficient (DD). The Rugova Gorge is a protected site now, and there is no reason to suppose that there is any threat to its subterranean habitats. This record confirmed the presence of this species and makes us suppose that it might be found also in other springs within the gorge.