Vitrea transsylvanica

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  • Hyalina transsylvanica Clessin, 1877 (original combination)
  • Vitrea (Vitrea) transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877) · alternate representation

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Vitrea transsylvanica is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002780 on 2023-06-14

Description

The shell is small: 1.3-2.2 mm x 3.0-4.5 mm.

The body whorl is more inflated than in Vitrea subrimata and Vitrea subcarinata. The width, as seen from above, is around 2.3-2.6 times that of the penultimate whorl. The first whorls are denser arranged than in Vitrea subrimata. The aperture, as seen from above, is weakly curved (Nautilus-like protruded). There is no umbilicus

This species differs from Vitrea diaphana in its wider body whorl and its Nautilus-like protruded aperture (in Vitrea diaphana straight).[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2887 AnimalBase: Vitrea transsylvanica]

Distribution

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This species occurs in:

  • Czech Republic
  • UkraineBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

The species occurs in closed forests, mainly in beech forests.

References

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  • Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017