Vertigo genesii
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vertigo genesii, common name the round-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[3]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. genesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo genesii | |
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Shell description
The shell is very small, ovate, obtuse, indistinctly, spaced striate, glossy purplish brown. The shell has 4½ whorls, that are rather convex, high, rapidly increasing, joined by a somewhat impressed suture, the penult large, almost ventricose. Umbilical opening is moderate.[4]
The aperture is semirotund, nearly quadratic, without any folds. Peristome is scarcely expanded, thickened liplike, bordered with bluish black, the margins are connected by a very weak callus, the right margin is arched at the insertion.[4]
The width of the adult shell is 1.03–1.20 mm, the height is 1.63–2.00 mm.[5]
Anatomy
The animal body color is raven-black. The tentacles are short, contracted in the middle.[4]
Distribution and conservation status
- IUCN red list - conservation dependent
- It is mentioned in Annex II of the European Union's Habitats Directive.
This species occurs in:
- British Isles (in the United Kingdom only): Great Britain. It is endangered in Great Britain[6] and it is listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles.
- Continental Europe: Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, and Switzerland.
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