The position of the southwestern Caucasus as a stygobiotic Mollusca hotspot is confirmed.
Molecular data of stygobiotic gastropods revealed the diversity of subfamily Sadlerianinae …

The article presents the first insight into the diversity and distribution of the relatively small
Niphargus “tauricus” ingroup of the “stygius” species group (Crustacea: Amphipoda …

Kerkia is a snail genus inhabiting mainly subterranean waters. Live specimens of Kerkia
were collected in the West Balkans. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and …

The extremely rich stygobiont malacofauna of the Balkans is still poorly studied, and the
systematics is based mostly on shells whose characters are often misleading. An interesting …

Abstract Sarajana apfelbecki (Brancsik, 1888) was assigned by Radoman to the monotypic
genus, closely related to Belgrandiella Wagner, 1927. Later the distinctness of the genus …

The family Moitessieriidae is poorly known, as its members, inhabiting exclusively
subterranean waters, are often known only from few minute, empty shells. Molecular studies …

ABSTRACT The gastropod genus Litthabitella Boeters,, type species L. chilodia
Westerlund,, inhabits mainly freshwater springs in the coastal regions of the Balkan …

Since 2020, the south-western Caucasus has been recognized as a hotspot of stygobiotic
Mollusca diversity after revealing a large number of new, range-restricted species within the …

A taxonomic revision of the snails from the northern Black Sea coastal region previously
assigned to the genus Belgrandiella AJ Wagner 1928 (Hydrobiidae) is presented. As shown …

During the field trips to Bosnia & Hercegovina and Montenegro in the years 2015-2018 we
investigated the subterranean freshwater gastropod fauna in several karst springs. Five …