The Carpathians are the largest mountain range in Central Europe. Their geographical
position, extent, isolation, landscape heterogeneity, well-preserved environment, and …

Background DNA isolation and PCR amplification from molluscan taxa is considered as
problematic because polysaccharides in tissue and mucus presumably co-precipitate with …

The present paper revises all species that have been assigned to Pseudopomatias
Möllendorff, 1885 and Nodopomatias Gude, 1921. The following new species are described …

The current study investigates the Central European groundwater snails of the genus
Bythiospeum which are currently regarded as highly diverse with a hotspot in south-western …

Aim Were postglacial recolonizations facilitated by persistence close to the colonized areas
rather than by dispersal ability allowing for colonization from distant sources? This question …

The Pleistocene climatic fluctuations had a huge impact on all life forms, and various
hypotheses regarding the survival of organisms during glacial periods have been …

Sophina is a poorly known and neglected genus due to the inaccessibility of the Salween
Basin, Southern Myanmar. Taxonomic status, distribution, and phylogeny are being revised …

Gammarus leopoliensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda) is considered a north‐eastern Carpathian
endemic species and therefore can be regarded as an appropriate model for testing the …

Rock‐dwelling gastropods are usually patchily distributed in limestone habitats, presumably
have low active and passive dispersal ability and often represent narrow‐ranged endemic …

So far there has been no consensus regarding the definition of the land snail family
Orculidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Orthurethra). Here, we present the outcome of a …