Molluscs of the Krkono e Mts. (Czech Republic)

As a result of recent malacological research of 47 sites combined with commented list of earlier published and unpublished data 90 mollusc species were found in the Krkono e Mts. altogether. In comparison to snail communities from comparable mountain ranges of the Bohemian Upland the mollusc fauna of Krkono e is rather poor both in species and in a number of fully developed woodland assemblages. The richest molluscan assemblages occur in the Krkono e foothills. The subalpine and particularly alpine belts are permanently very poor in molluscan diversity due to highly acidic soils and bedrock.