LAND-SNAIL DIVERSITY OF PIATRA-NEAMÅ¢ (NEAMÅ¢ COUNTY, ROMANIA)
STELIAN GRIGORE "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, Faculty of Sciences, Calea Marăşeşti street no. 157, Bacău, 600115, Romania, e-mail:stelian.grigore@gmail.com
This paper presents the list of land-snail to be found within the administrative territory of Piatra-Neamţ (Romania). The material of study, which encompasses more than 1.200 samples, is the result of thirty years of observation and collecting, spanning between 1990 and 2020. We have identified 48 species of land-snail, belonging to 14 families. The area of study includes seven natural protected areas, of which four are of national interest and three are NATURA 2000 sites. The list of land-snail presented (the first on this territory), predominantly comprises continental elements, plus alpine forms, as well as a rare and isolated steppe biocoenosis.