Vertigo arctica
StatusNT
Status systemIUCN3.1
TaxonVertigo arctica
Authority(Wallenberg, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pupa (Vertigo) eggeri Gredler, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa arctica Wallenberg, 1858
  • Vertigo (Boreovertigo) arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) · alternate representation
  • Vertigo (Boreovertigo) modesta arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (superseded rank)
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (incorrect subgeneric placement)
  • Vertigo modesta arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (superseded rank)
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Vertigo arctica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

Shell description

Shell is dextral, rimate, ovate, thin, smoothish, somewhat glossy, pellucid, brownish-tawny. The shell has 5 to 5 ½ whorls, convex, the last nearly two-fifths the altitude, rounded at base, anteriorly having a somewhat swollen crest.[4]

Aperture is slightly oblique, semiovate or piriform, obstructed by 3 teeth: in the middle of the parietal wall, on the columella, and a smaller one in the palate (frequently wanting). Peristome is spreading, slightly labiate, the margins joined by a callus, the right margin very strongly curved above, columellar margin is somewhat dilated, spreading.[4]

The width of the adult shell is about 2.5 mm, the height about 1.5 mm.[4]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[4]

  1. ^ Wallenberg C. von 1858. Beschreibung einer neuen Pupa. Malakozoologische Blätter 5: 32. Cassel.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430498 on 2023-02-07
  3. ^ Beata M. Pokryszko. "Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk.
  4. ^ Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. 1918-1920. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Philadelphia. page 189.
  • Wallenberg, C. von (1858). Beschreibung einer neuen Pupa. Malakozoologische Blätter, 5: 32