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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. pseudosubstriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo pseudosubstriata | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Vertigo pseudosubstriata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. [4]
Vertigo pseudosubstriata was first identified as a Pleistocene fossil in the Weichselian loess of Dolní Věstonice (Moravia, Czech Republic). [1] Further Pleistocene evidence followed in Central Europe. [1]
The first indications of recent occurrences of the species in the Tien Shan were submitted by Matěkin. [5] [1] Uvalieva (1967) [3] discovered the species anew in the Southern Altai Mountains and initially described it as Vertigo laevis (synonym). [1] Recently, this species has been found in the Tien Shan, Altai Mountains, Pamir Mountains, and Himalayas, where it is relatively widespread at alpine altitudes. [1]
The recent distribution of Vertigo pseudosubstriata includes:
The shape of the shell is cylindrical-ovate. [5]
The width of the shell is 1.2 mm; the height of the shell is 2.1-2.2 mm. [5]
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