Vertigo modesta

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Vertigo modesta
Pupa modesta Say 1824 in Keating Taf.15 Fig.5.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. modesta
Binomial name
Vertigo modesta
(Say, 1824)
Synonyms
List
  • Isthmia corpulentaE. S. Morse, 1865 ·
  • Pupa borealisMorelet, 1858 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa corpulenta var. parietalisAncey, 1887 ·
  • Pupa decoraA. Gould, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa hoppiiMøller, 1842 (original name)
  • Pupa modestaSay, 1824 (original combination)
  • Vertigo (Boreovertigo) hoppii(Møller, 1842) ·
  • Vertigo (Boreovertigo) modesta(Say, 1824) alternate representation
  • Vertigo (Glacivertigo) modesta(Say, 1824) ( ubgeneric classification)
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) modesta(Say, 1824) ·
  • Vertigo castaneaSterki, 1892 (nomen nudum)
  • Vertigo hoppii(Møller, 1842) (junior synonym)
  • Vertigo modesta insculptaPilsbry, 1919 ·
  • Vertigo modesta microphasmaS. S. Berry, 1919

Vertigo modesta, common name the cross vertigo, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

(Described as Isthmia corpulenta) The shell is rimate perforate, elongate ovate, finely striated, polished, translucent, dark olive brown. The apex is round and obtuse. The shell contains four whorls, convex, tumid, wider at the base. The aperture is large, subcircular, with four obtuse teeth, one on the parietal margin, one on the columellar margin, and two on the outer lip. The peristome is slightly thickened and reflected. [2]

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:

Distribution Vertigo-modesta-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution

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References

  1. ↑ WMolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050669 on 2023-02-10
  2. ↑ Morse, E. S. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Pupadae. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 8: 207-212
  3. ↑ Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . accessed 25 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Vertigo modesta". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
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