Vertigo ovata

Vertigo ovata
Drawing of the aperture of a shell of Vertigo ovata
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Tribe: Vertiginini
Genus: Vertigo
Subgenus: Vertigo
Species: V. ovata
Binomial name
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. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the United States, occurring in:

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Vertigo ovata. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 December 2008.
  2. Marshall, B. (2014). Vertigo ovata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819972 on 2014-11-06
  3. Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas. accessed 25 June 2009.