Folia faunistica Slovaca, 2011, 16 (2): 85–89 ISSN 1335-7522 PRELIMINARY MALACOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE SITE OF COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE KAMENNÁ BABA (BRANISKO – BACHUREŇ) 1 1,2 1 Marek Čiliak & Jozef Šteffek Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, TU Zvolen, Masarykova 24, 960 53 Zvolen2 [
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[email protected]] Abstract: - Site of community importance (SCI) Kamenná Baba is due to its natu- ral beauties one of the most beautiful and most interesting parts of the eastern Slovakia. Big part of the site represents the same-named National Nature Re- serve. This site was included to the NATURA 2000 network due to the occurrence of several rare species, natural sceneries and biotops. Major part of site is situat ed in the north-eastern part of the Branisko Mts and minor part in the south-west- part of the Bachureň Mts. These mountains are one of the least known areas from the malacological point of view. In septemberClausilia 2009 quantitative dubia carpatica sampling sup plementedPetasina with unidentata individual carpaticacollection was carried out at several sites of the site Kamenná Baba. West Carpathian elementsPerforatella ( dibothrion Brancsik,- 1888, Vestia gulo (Poliński, 1929)) meet the elements with the centre in eastern part ofPupilla Carpathians sterrii ( Pupilla triplicata(M. von Kima kowicz, Vertigo1884), alpestris (E. A. Bielz,Clausilia 1859)) cruciata in this area. Several sozologicaly Balea per- versasignificant species such as (Voith, 1840), (Studer, 1820), Alder, 1838, (Studer, 1820), Key words:(Linnaeus, 1758) are present. Mollusca, SCI Kamenná Baba, species protection, ecoelement, areotyp. INTRODUCTION Vitrea transsylvanica, O orientalis, Macrogastra pli- catula, Cochlodina orthostoma F faustina ( .