Chemical composition of shells of Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae) from localities with different substrata

Abstract

Chemical composition of shells of Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac) from sites with carbonate and carbonate-silica bedrock in central and south-eastern Poland and from alluvial deposits of the Vistula River in- dicates a relation between the chemism of the environment in which the species occurs and the chemical com- position of the shells. The ability to accumulate heavy metals in the shell of C. vindobonensis makes this species a potential bioindicator.