Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774

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 : 31-32

62. Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774

Findings in Serbia.

Planorbis carinatus : Hesse (1929); Jaeckel et al. (1958); Karaman (2005); Karaman & Karaman (2007).

Common name. Keeled ramshorn.

Morphology. Medium-sized snail (up to 15 mm diameter). Shell is flattened and keeled, keel is sharp, centrally positioned. Whorls are rapidly increasing. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 68, figure in the middle of the page).

Distribution and ecology. Western Palearctic species up to 1000 m.a.s.l. Permanent standing and slow-flowing waters with a muddy substrate and plenty of vegetation ( Welter-Schultes 2012). In Serbia, it could be found in the northern, Pannonian, parts, usually in ponds, permanent marshes and accumulations near the Danube and Sava Rivers (Zasavica, Petrovaradinski rit, Srebrno jezero). There are also findings from the southern parts (Toplica River).

Other remarks. On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC ( Van Damme & Kebapçý 2011 b).