Vitrea crystallina

Vitrea crystallina is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. [1]

Vitrea crystallina
Shell of Vitrea crystallina
Scientific classification Edit this 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  • Hyalina (Vitrea) crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774) superseded combination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 ·

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.[2]

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

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819979 on 2023-06-13
  2. goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/sp ecies?id=1811 Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
  3. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • 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.
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