47. Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Findings in Serbia.

Physa fontinalis: Tomić (1959); Arambašić (1994); Karaman (2001); Simić & Simić (2004); Karaman & Karaman (2007); Paunović et al. (2007 a, 2008); Marković et al. (2013, 2015); Martinović-Vitanović et al. (2013).

Common name. Common bladder snail.

Morphology. Medium-sized snail (shell up to 12 mm in height). Sinistral glossy thin-walled conical shell. Apex is blunt, mantle has finger-like extensions. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 56, figure at the bottom of the page).

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic species up to 1000 m.a.s.l. (in Serbia mainly bellow 250 m. a.s.l.). Prefers clean standing or slow-flowing waters with vegetation (Glöer 2019). In Serbia, it was recorded from Savsko jezero Lake, Zasavica, Obedska bara and Pančevački rit Wetlands, Danube, Sava and Velika Morava Rivers, as well as from a few smaller accumulations in the Belgrade region (Bela reka, Pariguz and Duboki potok).

Other remarks. Endangered in Switzerland and Austria. Vulnerable in Germany (Welter-Schultes 2012). On the IUCN Red List of threatened species it has been assessed as LC (Van Damme 2011 a).

Genus Physella Haldeman, 1842