Vitrea

Vitrea is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae.

Vitrea
Apical and umbilical view of an oxidized shell of Vitrea vereae. The shell when fresh is glassy and transparent.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Pristilomatidae
Genus:
Vitrea

Diversity[2]
at least 65 species
Synonyms
  • Anomphala Westerlund, 1886
  • Crystallinus A.J. Wagner, 1907
  • Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1855
  • Diaphanella Clessin, 1880
  • Hyalina (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833
  • † Hyalinia (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833 (considered as a separate genus)
  • Pinterella A. Riedel, 1980
  • Subrimatus A.J. Wagner, 1907
  • Vitrea (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family Zonitidae.[3]

Species

This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following:

subgenus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833

subgenus Subrimatus A. J. Wagner, 1907

subgenus Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1854

subgenus ?

References
  1. Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns 3: 88-122. Wien. p. 99.
  2. "Species in genus Vitrea (n=65)". AnimalBase, accessed 8 November 2012.
  3. Marshall, B. (2014). Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818629 on 2014-11-06
  4. Irikov, A.; Georgiev, D.; Riedel, A. (2004). "A new species of the genus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Folia Malacologica. 12 (2): 79–81.


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