Vertigo geyeri

Vertigo geyeri
Apertural view of a shell of Vertigo geyeri
Six shells of Vertigo geyeri, scale bar in mm
Conservation status

Conservation Dependent  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra

Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Tribe: Vertiginini
Genus: Vertigo
Subgenus: Vertigo
Species: V. geyeri
Binomial name
Vertigo geyeri
Lindholm, 1925[2]
Synonyms

Vertigo geyerii Lindholm, 1925 [orth. error]

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

Description

The egg-shaped-oval shell measures just 1.7 to 1.9 mm. in length and 1.2 mm in width. There are up to 5 whorls with deep seams. The aperture has 4 small protrusions (called "teeth") ( on parietal one columellar and two palatal), it can also have fewer teeth. The colour of the shell is reddish-brown and the surface is shiny. The shell has regular growth striations and is almost smooth.

Habitat

This species lives in marshes.

The specific name geyeri is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer (1855–1932).

Distribution and conservation status

This species occurs in:

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Vertigo geyeri". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  2. (German) Lindholm W. A. 1925. Studien an palaearktischen Vertigo-Arten. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 57 (5/6): 241-251.
  3. 2001-2007. Action plan for Vertigo geyeri. Uk Biodiversity Action Plan, Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
  4. "Evropsky významné lokality v České republice" (in Czech). 2003.
  5. "Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". 2006-07-14.
  6. (Czech) Dušek J., Hošek M. & Kolářová J. (2007) Hodnotící zpráva o stavu z hlediska ochrany evropsky významných druhů a typů přírodních stanovišť v České republice za rok 2004-2006. - Ochrana přírody, 62(5): appendix 5:I-IV.
  7. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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