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@article{907015,
author = {Horsák, Michal and Škodová, Jana and Myšák, Jan and Čejka, Tomáš and Ložek, Vojen and Hlaváč, Jaroslav Č.},
article_number = {6},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-010-0117-4},
keywords = {conchometry; taxonomy; autecology; shell variation; identification characters; distribution},
language = {eng},
issn = {0006-3088},
journal = {Biologia},
title = {Pupilla pratensis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and its distinction from P. muscorum and P. alpicola based on multidimensional analysis of shell measurements (Gastropoda: Pupillidae)},
volume = {65},
year = {2010}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 907015
AU - Horsák, Michal - Škodová, Jana - Myšák, Jan - Čejka, Tomáš - Ložek, Vojen - Hlaváč, Jaroslav Č.
PY - 2010
TI - Pupilla pratensis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and its distinction from P. muscorum and P. alpicola based on multidimensional analysis of shell measurements (Gastropoda: Pupillidae)
JF - Biologia
VL - 65
IS - 6
SP - 1012-1018
EP - 1012-1018
SN - 00063088
KW - conchometry
KW - taxonomy
KW - autecology
KW - shell variation
KW - identification characters
KW - distribution
N2 - Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871) was recently confirmed as a distinct species based on morphological, ecological and molecular evidence. The main purpose of this study is to publish the first reliable data on the occurrence of P. pratensis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The second goal is to analyse conchometry of P. pratensis, P. muscorum (L., 1758), and P. alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) to find out whether it is possible to reliably distinguish these species solely based on shell measurements. For multidimensional analysis of shell measurement variation we used principal components analysis (PCA). We documented six populations of P. pratensis in the Czech Republic and one in SW Slovakia. The revision of voucher material showed that all previously reported records of P. alpicola from the Czech Republic belonged in fact to P. pratensis. This requires the exclusion of P. alpicola from the list of Czech molluscs. Based on multidimensional analysis of shell measurements it was possible to distinguish P. pratensis from P. muscorum with no overlapping specimens. Pupilla alpicola was almost completely different from P. muscorum with only few overlapping specimens, contrary to P. pratensis which was mostly impossible to distinguish from P. alpicola based on analysed shell measurements. Shell width was the best single shell measurement for distinguishing P. pratensis and P. muscorum. Shell measurements of two Swedish populations of P. pratensis did not differ from shell variation of Czech and Slovak populations. However, Scandinavian populations displayed some differences from central European populations in apertural barriers which are discussed in detail. Czech and Slovak populations of P. pratensis occurred in calcium-rich fen meadows which perfectly matches with site characteristics reported from Scandinavia. We assume that the observed morphometric differences between P. pratensis and P. muscorum can be useful for distinguishing the species also outside the Czech territory and for palaeoecological studies where only empty shells are available. Since these species occupy ecologically different habitats their reliable identification in fossil material can improve the reconstructions of past environments.
ER -
HORSÁK, Michal, Jana ŠKODOVÁ, Jan MYŠÁK, Tomáš ČEJKA, Vojen LOŽEK and Jaroslav Č. HLAVÁČ. Pupilla pratensis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and its distinction from P. muscorum and P. alpicola based on multidimensional analysis of shell measurements (Gastropoda: Pupillidae). \textit{Biologia}. 2010, vol.~65, No~6, p.~1012-1018. ISSN~0006-3088. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-010-0117-4.
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