Ivaylo Dedov
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-359X; Slavcho Hristovski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9467-6575; Trajche Mitev
6 April 2023 ·
volume 45 · (
issue 4) · pp. 97–101 ·
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Abstract: Five adults and one juvenile specimens of Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830 (narrow-mouthed whorl snail) were found near Dunjska River, Mariovo for the first time in the Republic of North Macedonia. The species is included in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, and Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention).
Keywords: Natura 2000, new locality, protected species, terrestrial snails, Western Balkans, wetland
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