This is a widespread species in eastern Europe, with a range that extends into Russia. It has been reported to be declining in the western part of the range (Germany and Poland) and as such is a candidate for national listing. At present the range is too extensive for listing using the B criteria, and there is insufficient data to support a listing using the population decline trend data (A criteria). It  is listed as Least Concern (LC), pending further data on population decline rates, as given the extensive range it is not considered to be in danger of extinction within the next 3 generations. This species has also been assessed as Least Concern (LC) at the European level and at the level of the 27 member states of the European Union.

Fauna Europea (Bank et al. 2006) reported this species from Latvia, Lithuania, Kalingrad region (Russia), Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and possibly from other states in the former country of Yugoslavia. Schütt (1965) described the range as occurring from the Baltic to the Black Sea and over to the Ural Mountains. This is a widespread species but declines in number of locations, population size and the quality of its habitat have been observed in parts of the range (Vavrova pers. comm. 2009).

In Poland, recent surveys suggest it has been lost from 29/46 locations on the tributaries of the Vistula River (Wieprz, Bug, Narew, Wda) and in the Warta River at Orzechowo (Glowaciński and Nowacki 2009).

In Romania, it is present in the middle Danbube, where the river bed has relatively uniform biotopes with a mostly sandy-clayish beds. The gastropod populations are represented by the species Borysthenia naticina, Theodoxus transversalis, Valvata piscinalis, which are common (Ciobou pers. comm. 2010).

In the Ukraine, it is known from basins of rivers Dnieper and Danube (Anistratenko 1998).

Outside Europe, Kantor et al. (2009) reported it from the river basins of Dnieper, South Bug, Dniester, Danube, Neman, Visla rivers; Kaliningrad Region. Schütt (1965) also reported the species from Turkey, near Anatyla.

There is limited information available on populations trends for this species, however in some parts of the range (e.g. Poland ) it is considered to be declining.

In Poland, recent surveys suggest it has been lost from 29/46 locations on the tributaries of the Vistula River (Wieprz, Bug, Narew, Wda) and in the Warta River at Orzechowo (Glowaciński and Nowacki 2009) which is equivalent to decline of around 60%, however the time period over which this is calculated is uncertain.

This species typically lives in large and medium lowland rivers where it lives on the sandy bottom covered with a thin detritus layer.

The main threat to this species is pollution of the river habitats.

This species is not utilized.

Habitat management is needed to ensure the species is not impacted by pollutants and flow management schemes and more population monitoring would identify potential declines of this species using the population decline trend data.

In Poland it is considered Critically Endangered (Glowaciński and Nowacki 2009) and has been added to the official list of protected species.

In Germany the species is considered category 1 (Highly Threatened) (Glöer 2002, Gloer and Meierbrook 2005).