Měkkýši Hostýnských vrchů

The main goal was to make a systematic inventory of the molluscan fauna in this area. Snails were collected in
September 2010 by hand picking and litter sampling at selected sites. Final database was pooled with earlier published
and unpublished data. In total, 85 terrestrial and 20 freshwater mollusc species were recorded at 56 study
sites across the area during 2000–2010. Terrestrial snails Monachoides incarnatus, Punctum pygmaeum, Vitrina
pellucida, and freshwater molluscs Pisidium casertanum, and Radix labiata were the most frequently recorded
species. The land snails Daudebardia brevipes, Eucobresia nivalis, Vitrea transsylvanica, and Chondrula tridens
are notable species from the local viewpoint. The clausilid Vestia ranojevici moravica, an endemic subspecies
that colonized some regions of Moravia during the Holocene climatic optimum, is an iconic mollusc species in
the area, deserving high conservation priority.