Vitrea subrimata explained

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

Subspecies:

• Vitrea subrimata litoralis (Clessin, 1877)

Description

The shell is small: 1.3-2.2 mm x 2.5–5 mm (diameter 2.6-2.7 mm at 3 whorls, 3.5-3.8 mm at 4 whorls)

The shell is colourless and transparent. It contains 4-5 whorls. The width of the body whorl as seen from above is 1.2-1.7 times that of the penultimate whorl. The umbilicus is very narrow but is present (difference to Vitrea diaphana). The columellar margin is pointed and slightly protruded and covers the umbilicus only very weakly. The shell is very variable, except the characteristic form of the columellar margin at the umbilicus. The morphological variation has been associated with subspecies, but the nature of the variation is not yet understood. Two forms may co-occur with and without intermediates, other populations may consist of only one single form.^[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this species is alpine and southern-European.^[3]

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

• Czech Republic
• Ukraine^[4]
• Great Britain, notably the Great Asby Scar.

This species can be found in humid mountain forests under leaf litter, stones or in crevices, usually on calcareous substrate, rocks and rock rubble, up to 2600 m. In Bulgaria it is recorded from 2000 m, in England also in open habitats, between 250 and 600 m.

References

• Boettger, O. (1880). Aufzählung der von Hrn. Edmund Reitter in Wien im Frühjahr 1880 in dem westlichen Montenegro, in Süd–Dalmatien & in Süd–Croatien gesammelten Mollusken. Bericht über die Thätigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde, 19/21: 100–115. Offenbach am Main.
• Kobelt, W. (1881). Zwei neue süditalienische Hyalinen. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 13(12): 179–180.
• Wagner, A. J. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna Oesterreichs und Ungarns, sowie der angrenzenden Balkanländer. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 39 (3): 101–115. Frankfurt am Main.
• Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
• Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. 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

• Reinhardt, O. (1871). Über die in Deutschland vorkommenden Hyalinen aus der Crystallina-Gruppe. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 2: 39-40. Berlin
• Kimakowicz, M. von (1890). Beitrag zur Molluskenfauna Siebenbürgens, II. Nachtrag. Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften, 40: 1-113. Hermannstadt
• Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). Biodiversity Journal. 12 (3): 589–624

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002779 on 2023-06-14
2. Web site: AnimalBase :: Vitrea subrimata species homepage . 2023-06-15 . AnimalBase.
3. Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
4. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology 41(1): 91-109.