Hyala vitrea

Hyala vitrea
	Hyala vitrea (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Iravadiidae
Genus:	Hyala
Species:	H. vitrea
Binomial name
	Hyala vitrea; (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
	Cingula vitrea (Montagu, 1803); Onoba vitrea (Montagu); Hyala glabrata Fleming, J., 1828; Turbo vitreus Montagu 1803 (basionym);

Hyala vitrea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.^[2]

Hyala vitrea used to be considered as a species of Onoba (Rissoidae).^[2] It is however made clear now that this species does not belong to the family Rissoidae but to Hyala in the family Iravadiidae.^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 1 mm and 4 mm

Distribution

It is found in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.

Ecology

This species is a grazer and deposit feeder.^[2]

References

This article include CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference ^[2]

^ CLEMAM : Hyala vitrea; accessed : 2 November 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hyala vitrea. WoRMS (2009). Hyala vitrea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140129 on 2 November 2010 .

Ponder W. F. (1984) A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25(1): 21-71
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.

External links

"Hyala vitrea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

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[1] CLEMAM : Hyala vitrea; accessed : 2 November 2010

[WoRMS-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hyala vitrea. WoRMS (2009). Hyala vitrea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140129 on 2 November 2010 .

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