page_title: Caucasotachea vindobonensis
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Caucasotachea vindobonensis / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Cepaea vindobonensis (Pfeiffer, 1828). Distributional range in Europe, scientific state of knowledge of 2012. Source description in English. Light colour indicated rare occurrences or regions where the species could eventually be expected to occur. Dark colour indicated relatively reliable occurrences, as well as regions where the species was expected to occur, and where the species was not known to be extremely rare. Dark colour indications were not necessarily based on published records. Species summary in AnimalBase Deutsch: Verbreitung in Europa, Kenntnisstand von 2012. Quellenbeschreibung auf deutsch Español: Distribución en Europa, nivel de conocimiento de 2012. Descripción de la fuente en español Français&#160;: Repartition en Europe, niveau de connaissance de 2012. Description de la source en français Italiano: Distribuzione in Europa, livello di conoscenza del 2012. Descrizione della fonte in italiano Português: Distribuição na Europa, nível de conhecimento de 2012. Descrição da fonte em português Čeština: Distribuce v Evropě, úroveň znalostí v roce 2012 Polski: Dystrybucja w Europie, poziom wiedzy z 2012 roku Русский: Распространение в Европе, уровень знаний в 2012 году
context_page_description: Caucasotachea vindobonensis is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae.
  The scientific name is derived from the Celtic settlement Vindobona, now known as Vienna, the capital of Austria. This species was assigned to the genus Cepaea for a long time. However, molecular biologist research showed, that it is not closely related to Cepaea, but belongs in fact to the genus Caucasotachea.
context_section_description: The distribution of this species is Pontic, Pannonian and Balkanian.
  It occurs in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic  (near threatened (NT) Its westernmost, but non-indigenous, record is from Western Bohemia.), Germany (reintroduced), Greece), Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia (Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow Region - non-indigenous distribution) and Ukraine
  The original habitat of C. vindobonensis was most probably open forests on the Balkans, from where it spread over large parts of Central and Eastern Europe after the last glaciation. Nevertheless, it also dwells in several grassland habitats like meadows, steppe and ruderal areas, especially in the north of its distribution area. The highest vertical occurrence is about 1600 m asl in Southern Bulgaria.
caption: Distribution of C. vindobonensis in Europe (modified after Welter-Schultes[6])
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