Vitrea | |
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Apical and umbilical view of an oxidized shell of Vitrea vereae . The shell when fresh is glassy and transparent. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Pristilomatidae |
Genus: | Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 [1] |
Type species | |
Glischrus (Helix) diaphanaS. Studer, 1820 | |
Synonyms | |
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Vitrea is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae. [2]
This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following:
Oxychilus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Pleurodonte is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae.
Retinella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.
Pyramidula is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.