Vertigo ovata
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| Vertigo ovata | |
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| Drawing of the aperture of a shell of Vertigo ovata | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Tribe: | Vertiginini |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Subgenus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. ovata |
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| Vertigo ovata Say, 1822 | |
Vertigo ovata, common name the ovate vertigo, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States, occurring in:
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Vertigo ovata. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 December 2008.
- ↑ Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas. accessed 25 June 2009.
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