Paladilhia hungarica

Paladilhia hungarica is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Moitessieriidae. This species is endemic to Hungary.

Paladilhia hungarica
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Moitessieriidae
Genus:	Paladilhia
Species:	P. hungarica
Binomial name
Paladilhia hungarica Soos, 1927

The shell is approximately 2 mm long with a diameter of 1 mm, with a glass-like shine. The shell becomes white when the animal dies. The species lives only in the Mecsek mountains, in two caves and in springs with clear karst water. Little is known about it, apart from being an omnivore. Its habitat is scattered and small.^[2][3][4]

References

1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Paladilhia hungarica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15877A5275706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15877A5275706.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Védett állatok Magyarországon" (PDF) (in Hungarian). SZIE Gödöllő, Állattani és Állatökológiai tanszék. 2011. Retrieved 2015-05-17.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Angyal Dorottya. "Konzervációbiológiai és molekuláris taxonómiai vizsgálatok a magyar vakcsiga (Bythiospeum hungaricum (Soós, 1927)) populációin a Mecsek hegység két barlangjában" (PDF) (in Hungarian). termeszetvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
4. "magyar vakcsiga" (in Hungarian). termeszetvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-17.