Pupilla alluvionica Meng & Hoffmann, 2008: a land snail extant
in the Altai refugium recognised for the first time in Central
European Early-Middle Pleistocene glacials

J 2016

Pupilla alluvionica Meng & Hoffmann, 2008: a land snail extant in the Altai refugium recognised for the first time in Central European Early-Middle Pleistocene glacials

HORSÁK, Michal, Lucie JUŘIČKOVÁ, Jana ŠKODOVÁ and Vojen LOŽEK

Basic information

Original name

Pupilla alluvionica Meng & Hoffmann, 2008: a land snail extant in the Altai refugium recognised for the first time in Central European Early-Middle Pleistocene glacials

Authors

HORSÁK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lucie JUŘIČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jana ŠKODOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Vojen LOŽEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

MALACOLOGIA, 2016, 0076-2997

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.943

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088668

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000390520500003

Keywords in English

Altai refugium; Brunhes-Matuyama reversal; Central Europe; first record; land snails; loess; Pleistocene

Abstract

V originále

Pupilla alluvionica Meng & Hoffmann, 2008 is an extant land snail species known until now only from a few sites in the Russian Altai Mountains. We have now identified it in fossil loess assemblages of Early-Middle Pleistocene age at three Central European sites. Fossil materials match those of Altaian populations, being only slightly smaller in mean shell width. In addition to the details of the locations and biometrics of these fossil finds, we list the faunas associated with P. alluvionica in the deposits. These are compared with the ecological conditions and associated faunas of living populations from the Altai. Pupilla alluvionica is a typical inhabitant of xeric habitats: steppes with rocky limestone outcrops. This matches the known habitat preferences of associated species in the fossil deposits that are typical of open loess steppe.

Links

GAP504/11/0454, research and development project

Name: Změny biodiverzity na přechodu pleistocénu a holocénu: současné analogie v reliktních ekosystémech Sibiře

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

HORSÁK, Michal, Lucie JUŘIČKOVÁ, Jana ŠKODOVÁ and Vojen LOŽEK. Pupilla alluvionica Meng & Hoffmann, 2008: a land snail extant in the Altai refugium recognised for the first time in Central European Early-Middle Pleistocene glacials. MALACOLOGIA. 2016, vol. 59, No 2, p. 223-230. ISSN 0076-2997.

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HORSÁK, Michal, Lucie JUŘIČKOVÁ, Jana ŠKODOVÁ and Vojen LOŽEK. Pupilla alluvionica Meng \&{} Hoffmann, 2008: a land snail extant in the Altai refugium recognised for the first time in Central European Early-Middle Pleistocene glacials. \textit{MALACOLOGIA}. 2016, vol.~59, No~2, p.~223-230. ISSN~0076-2997.

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