Vitrea vereae is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.[2]
Vitrea vereae | |
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Apical and umbilical view of the shell of Vitrea vereae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Pristilomatidae |
Genus: | Vitrea |
Species: | V. vereae
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Binomial name | |
Vitrea vereae Irikov, Georgiev & Riedel, 2004[1]
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Description
editThe shell is small: Up to 1.15 mm x 2.8 mm. Diameter (seen from above) 1.3-1.4 mm at 2 whorls, 2.0-2.2 mm (3 whorls), 2.6-2.7 mm (3.5 whorls)
The umbilicus is extremely wide, wider than in the other Vitrea species.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in:
References
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- ^ Irikov A., Georgiev D. & Riedel A. (2004) "A new species of the genus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Folia Malacologica 12(2): 79-81.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea vereae Irikov, Georgiev & A. Riedel, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001312 on 2023-06-14
- ^ AnimalBase: Vitrea vereae
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017