Vitrea vereae explained

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

Description

The shell is small: Up to 1.15 mm x 2.8 mm. Diameter (seen from above) 1.3-1.4 mm at 2 whorls, 2.0-2.2 mm (3 whorls), 2.6-2.7 mm (3.5 whorls)

The umbilicus is extremely wide, wider than in the other Vitrea species.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Bulgaria

References

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea vereae Irikov, Georgiev & A. Riedel, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001312 on 2023-06-14
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3615 AnimalBase: Vitrea vereae