Vitrea contracta
Vitrea contracta is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Subgenus: | Crystallus |
| Species: | V. contracta |
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| Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871) | |
Description
Vitrea contracta figure 4
For terms see gastropod shell.
The 2.2-2.6 mm. shell is colourless translucent and shiny. It is almost smooth with 4-5 whorls, the last whorl width seen from above 1.4-1.6 x of penultimate whorl. The umbilicus is moderately wide, becoming wider at the last whorl.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic
- Ukraine[1]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas
References
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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