In 1972 and 2021 the same area in Ratum near Winterswijk (province of Gelderland) was investigated for freshwater molluscs. In 1972 a characteristic fauna which can survive the drying up of waterbodies was present with, among others, the Large-mouthed valve snail Valvata macrostoma (Mörch, 1864). In 2021 this rare species was unfortunately not recovered here.

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Wim Kuijper. (2022). Droogvallende greppels in Winterswijk (Ratum). Leeft de
Grootmond-pluimdrager Valvata macrostoma (Mörch, 1864) daar nog?. Spirula, 430, 22–23.