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Vitrea vereae

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Species of gastropod

Vitrea vereae
Apical and umbilical view of the shell of Vitrea vereae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Vitrea
Species: V. vereae
Binomial name
Vitrea vereae
Irikov, Georgiev & Riedel, 2004

Vitrea vereae is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

Description

The 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.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe of Vitrea vereae

This species occurs in:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. AnimalBase: Vitrea vereae
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
Taxon identifiers
Vitrea vereae
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