Vertigo extima
| Vertigo extima | |
|---|---|
| |
| Range map of Vertigo extima | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. extima
|
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1877)[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Vertigo extima is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[2]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1¾ mm (millimeters). This species mode of locomotion is mucus meditated gliding.[3]
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2023) |
Distribution[edit]
Vertigo extima is usually found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, Northern Labrador, central quebec and in western Alaska.[4] Its distribution covers an area from 5000 to 20,000 square kilometers (about 2000 to 8000 square miles).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Westerlund C. A. 1877. Sibiriens land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd) 14 (12): 1-111, Taf. [1]. Stockholm.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050660 on 2023-02-08
- ^ "Vertigo extima (Westerlund 1877) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Species summary for Vertigo extima". AnimalBase, last modified 26 October 2013, accessed 18 October 2015.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
External links[edit]
 | This Vertiginidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |