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Vertigo antivertigo

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Vertigo antivertigo
shell of Vertigo antivertigo (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Five shells of Vertigo antivertigo, scale in mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. antivertigo
Binomial name
Vertigo antivertigo
Synonyms
  • Alaea palustris Jeffreys, 1830 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa antivertigo Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)
  • Turbo sexdentatus Montagu, 1803 (junior synonym)
  • Vertigo (Alaea) antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801) alternate representation
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Vertigo sinuata Mousson, 1873 (junior synonym)

Vertigo antivertigo is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in countries and islands including:

Two views of a shell of Vertigo antivertigo
A juvenile shell of Vertigo antivertigo

Shell description

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The shell is rimate, oval, ventricose, nearly smooth, glossy, amber-brown or nearly chestnut, slightly transparent, outlines very convex. Whorls are rather convex, the last somewhat compressed below, with an impression over the lower palatal fold, a moderately developed, opaque crest behind the peristome; and a very deep impression between the crest and the point of the outer lip.[6]

Aperture having 6 principal and usually several smaller teeth: parietal lamella rather long; angular and infraparietal short and smaller. Columellar lamella large, ascending inwardly. Upper and lower palatal folds strong, the lower longer. Basal fold stout, in a subcolumellar position. Usually there are small suprapalatal and infrapalatal denticles. Peristome is thin, a little expanded, the outer margin biarcuate, with a median entering angle. Palatal callus is well developed.[6]

The width of the adult shell varies from 1.2 to 1.4 mm, the height from 1.95 to 2.25 mm.[6]

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[6]

  1. ^ Neubert, E. (2011). "Vertigo antivertigo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156370A4934184.
  2. ^ Draparnaud J. P. R. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050659 on 2023-02-07
  4. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  5. ^ Pokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". Annales Zoologici 59(4): 423-458. doi:10.3161/000345409X484847.
  6. ^ a b c d Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. 1918-1920. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Philadelphia. page 163–164.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1–660. page(s): 403
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
  • erbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi 108 pp. Pretoria.
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