It has been argued that globalization in human-mediated dispersal of species breaks down
biogeographic boundaries, yet empirical tests are still missing. We used data on native and …

We investigate the distributions of representatives of the family Melanopsidae (Gastropoda:
Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the late Cretaceous to present-day. The present …

Recent archaeological excavations at two Early Neolithic settlements at Kamyane-Zavallia
(Ukraine) and Nicolaevca V (Moldova) have provided new plant assemblages. The sites …

Two slug species (Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 and Tandonia kusceri
(H. Wagner, 1931)) are reported from Hungary for the first time. Identification was supported …

We here study the steppe-inhabiting land snail genus Helicopsis (Gastropoda: Geomitridae:
Helicellinae) across Eastern Europe using mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences and nuclear …

Abstract Brephulopsis cylindrica (Menke 1828), a snail native to the Crimea, has been
expanding northward and westward, and has recently reached Western Ukraine. Three …

Monachoides is a genus of medium‐sized European land snails in the family Hygromiidae.
Systematics of this family was until recently based on traits of the genital system that were …

While varying greatly in size, European clausiliids have a remarkably consistent and
characteristic shell form that distinguishes them from all other land snails in the region. They …

six species of terrestrial molluscs were found in the dry grasslands and rock outcrops of the
study area, including three that were not previously known for Central Ukraine: Granaria …

Like many other groups of freshwater Mollusca, the lymnaeid snails are prone to extinction,
the main cause of which is currently habitat degradation. Unfortunately, only a modest …