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Vitrea
Apical and umbilical view of an oxidized shell of Vitrea vereae. The shell when fresh is glassy and transparent.
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Vitrea

Diversity[2]
at least 65 species
Synonyms
  • Anomphala Westerlund, 1886
  • Crystallinus A.J. Wagner, 1907
  • Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1855
  • Diaphanella Clessin, 1880
  • Hyalina (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833
  • Hyalinia (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833 (considered as a separate genus)
  • Pinterella A. Riedel, 1980
  • Subrimatus A.J. Wagner, 1907
  • Vitrea (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

Vitrea is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae.

According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family Zonitidae.[3]

Species

This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following:

subgenus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833

subgenus Subrimatus A. J. Wagner, 1907

subgenus Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1854

subgenus ?

References

  1. ^ Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns 3: 88-122. Wien. p. 99.
  2. ^ "Species in genus Vitrea (n=65)". AnimalBase, accessed 8 November 2012.
  3. ^ Marshall, B. (2014). Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818629 on 2014-11-06
  4. ^ Irikov, A.; Georgiev, D.; Riedel, A. (2004). "A new species of the genus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Folia Malacologica. 12 (2): 79–81.