Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Symposium, Muğla, Türkiye, 25 - 27 Ekim 2022, sa.10, ss.19
Ankara province and its surroundings, located on the Central Anatolian region, are separated from the Black Sea by the Karadeniz mountains in the north, and the Mediterranean Sea by the Toros Mountains in the south. According to Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification cooler climate (Csa: warm winter, dry, and hot summer) is seen in the region. Thus, steppe vegetation is dominant in the region. Previously, other researchers reported twentythree terrestrial gastropod species from Ankara. Within the scope of our study, land snails were collected from twentyfive stations; twenty species belonging to six families and sixteen genera were identified most of which prefer steppe vegetation. Sixteen of the species are Palearctic and four of them are endemic. In this study, Vallonia costata, Pupilla triplicata, Truncatellina cylindrica, Pseudojaminia seductilis, Chondrus lycaonicus, Xerocrassa cretica, Helicopsis striata, Xeropicta krynickii, Eobania vermiculata, Helix nicaeensis and Helix escherichi are recorded for the first time from Ankara. P. seductilis categorized as "Vulnerable (VU)" in Europe according to the IUCN Red List 2019 data. However, no data were found on the status of endemic C. lycaonicus, Helicopsis subcalcarata, H. nicaeensis and H. escherichi in the study area. The presented study will be an important data source for future fauna, biomonitoring, and conservation.