Contribution to the knowledge of the terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca:Gastropoda) from Vrachanska Planina Mountains

Abstract

Gastropods fauna from the Vrachanska Planina Mountains (= Vrachanska Planina), Northwest Bulgaria, as well it presents the up to now unpublished results of several research trips of the authors and further collectors in the region. In total 90 terrestrial gastropods species are now known from this mountain area. 78 species were published from the beginning of research in this area up to recently. 56 species were confirmed with new findings and 22 species were not found again while the courses of our investigations. 12 gastropod species are newly recorded for the range.

Keywords

• Bulgaria
• Vrachanska Planina Mountains
• terrestrial gastropods