Vitrea transsylvanica

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

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 <small>Vitrea subcarinata</small>. 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).

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Czech Republic
• Ukraine

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

References

• 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

External links

• Clessin, S. (1877). Die Species der Hyalinen-Gruppe Vitrea. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge. 24: 123-134, pl. 1-2. Cassel