2014/05/13 by Peter Glöer, Hans D. Boeters, Vladimir Pešić · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Ecology and biodiversity studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.12657/folmal.022.009
openalex publication_date 2014/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Ten species of freshwater molluscs were collected in 2013 during an expedition to Kyrgyzstan. Five gastropod species, i.e. Radix auricularia (L.), Radix cf. hookeri (Reeve), Lymnaea kashmirensis Prashad, Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker), Physella acuta (Drap.), and two bivalve species, i.e., Pisidium casertanum (Poli) and P. obtusale (Lamarck) are reported as new for the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. A new hydrobiid genus and species, Chirgisia alaarchaensis n. gen. n. sp., is described from a rheocrenic spring in the National Park Ala Archa in northern Kyrgyzstan. Based on literature survey and our own studies, a checklist of freshwater molluscs of Kyrgyzstan is compiled. It includes a total of 27 gastropod species of 12 genera and six families, and two bivalve species of the genus Pisidium.