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A sinistral Helicopsis cf. instabilis (Rossmässler, 1838) from Romanian loess
 
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Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
 
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Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
 
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Romanian Academy, Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 
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BayCEER & Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
 
 
Submission date: 2020-01-14
 
 
Final revision date: 2020-02-06
 
 
Acceptance date: 2020-02-07
 
 
Publication date: 2020-02-28
 
 
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Barna Páll-Gergely   

Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó Street 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2020;28(1):91-93
 
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Here we report a single sinistral juvenile shell of Helicopsis cf. instabilis (Rossmässler), which was found in the Urluia loess section in south-eastern Romania. This 860 cm long profile comprises the last ca. 45 ka. Approximately six hundred conspecific dextral shells were found at various depths of the same profile.
 
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