Subgenus Crystallus Rank Species | Scientific name Vitrea contracta Higher classification Vitrea | |
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Similar Vitrea, Vitrea crystallina, Aegopinella pura, Cecilioides acicula, Vallonia pulchella | ||
Vitrea contracta is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.
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Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The 2.2-2.6 mm. shell is colourless translucent and shiny. It is almost smooth with 4-5 whorls, the last whorl width seen from above 1.4-1.6 x of penultimate whorl. The umbilicus is moderately wide, becoming wider at the last whorl.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
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