Vertigo extima
Vertigo extima is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
| Vertigo extima | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Orthurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Tribe: | Vertiginini |
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| Subgenus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. extima |
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| Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1877)[1] | |
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Pupa (Vertigo) arctica var. extima Westerlund, 1877 | |
Distribution
Vertigo extima is usually found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia and in western Alaska.[2]
References
- Westerlund C. A. 1877. Sibiriens land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd) 14 (12): 1-111, Taf. [1]. Stockholm.
- "Species summary for Vertigo extima". AnimalBase, last modified 26 October 2013, accessed 18 October 2015.
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