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Species of gastropod
Vitrea crystallina
Shell of Vitrea crystallina
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Pristilomatidae
Genus:
Vitrea
Species:
V. crystallina
Binomial name
Vitrea crystallina
Synonyms
Helix crystallina O. F. Müller, 1774 ·
Hyalina (Vitrea) crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774) superseded combination
Hyalina (Vitrea) crystallina var. orientalis M. Kimakowicz, 1883 junior subjective synonym
Hyalina crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774) ·
Hyalina crystallina var. fuerteventurae Wollaston, 1878 ·
Hyalina podolica Clessin, 1880 (junior synonym)
Hyalinia andreaei O. Boettger, 1880 ·
Vitrea (Crystallus) crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774) ·
Vitrea podolica Clessin, 1880 (junior synonym)
Zonites humicola Mabille, 1870 ·
Zonites secretus Bourguignat, 1881 ·
Zonites subterraneus Bourguignat, 1856 ·
Vitrea crystallina is a
species of small, air-breathing
land snail , a
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusk in the family
Pristilomatidae .
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Description
For terms see
gastropod shell .
The 1.4-2.1 x 3-4 mm. shell is variable. It has 4-5 whorls and the last whorl width seen from above 1.5-2 x of penultimate whorl. The umbilicus is narrow, much narrower than in Vitrea botterii , but clearly open, showing penultimate whorl, initially narrower, widened only at last whorl. Usually smaller than V. diaphana , and larger than V. contracta which has more densely coiled whorls.
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Distribution
Distribution of Vitrea crystallina in Europe
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
These snails live under leaf litter and humus layer, under stones in moist forests, between moss and in floodplains and swamp forests. They are also found in wet meadows, spring areas and swamps.
References
Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1–254.
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca . pp 196–219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria.
External links
Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana
Bourguignat, J.R. (1853-1856). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome premier. J. B. Baillière, Paris. VIII + 255 pp., 21 pls. (1): 1-15 (1853); (2): 17-54, pl. 1 (1854); (3): 55-86, pls 2-5, 1 table (1855); (4): 87-106, pls 6-7 (1855); (5): 107-129, pls 8-9 (1856); (6): 131-150, pls 10-11 (1856); (7): 151-164, pls 12-13 (1856); (8): 165-255, I-VIII, pls 14-21 (1856).
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675427
Kimakowicz, M. von. (1883). Beitrag zur Mollusken-Fauna Siebenbürgens. Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften. 33: 11-83
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