Vertigo extima
Vertigo extima is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
| Vertigo extima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. extima |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1877)[1] | |
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Distribution
Vertigo extima is usually found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia and in western Alaska.[2]
References
- Westerlund C. A. 1877. Sibiriens land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd) 14 (12): 1-111, Taf. [1]. Stockholm.
- "Species summary for Vertigo extima". AnimalBase, last modified 26 October 2013, accessed 18 October 2015.
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