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Vertigo (gastropod)

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Vertigo
A live individual of Vertigo moulinsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Genus: Vertigo
O. F. Müller, 1773[1]
Synonyms
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  • Afripupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Alaea Jeffreys, 1830
  • Angustella Steklov, 1967
  • Dexiogyra Stabile, 1864
  • Glacivertigo Balashov, 2016
  • Haplopupa Pilsbry, 1898
  • Helix (Isthmia) Gray, 1821
  • Isthmia Gray, 1821
  • Nearctula Sterki, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Nesopupa (Afripupa) Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920> junior subjective synonym
  • Pupa (Alaea) Jeffreys, 1830 · unaccepted (original name)
  • Pupa (Isthmia) Gray, 1821
  • Pupa (Nearctula) Sterki, 1892
  • Pupa (Staurodon) Lowe, 1852 (original name)
  • Pupa (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898 (original rank)
  • Pupa (Vertigo) O.F. Müller, 1773
  • Staurodon R. T. Lowe, 1852 (junior synonym)
  • Staurodon (Afripupa) Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898
  • Sterkia (Metasterkia) Pilsbry, 1920(junior synonym)
  • Sterkia (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898 (junior synonym)
  • Ungulidenta Popova & Schileyko, 1981
  • Vertigo (Alaea) Jeffreys, 1830
  • Vertigo (Alloptyx) Pilsbry, 1953
  • Vertigo (Angustella) Steklov, 1967 junior subjective synonym
  • Vertigo (Angustula) Sterki, 1888
  • Vertigo (Boreovertigo) Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018
  • Vertigo (Dexiogyra) Stabile, 1864 junior subjective synonym
  • Vertigo (Glacivertigo) Balashov, 2016
  • Vertigo (Isthmia) Gray, 1821
  • Vertigo (Nearctula) Sterki, 1892
  • Vertigo (Ptychalaea) O. Boettger, 1889
  • Vertigo (Staurodon) R. T. Lowe, 1852 alternate representation
  • Vertigo (Ungulidenta) Popova & Schileyko, 1981 junior subjective synonym
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) O. F. Müller, 1773
  • Vertigo (Vertilla) Moquin-Tandon, 1856
  • Vertigo (Vertillaria) Pilsbry, 1919

Vertigo is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[2]

Description

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Snails in the genus Vertigo have no oral tentacles, thus they have only one pair of tentacles.

The jaw is arched; the ends squarely truncated; the anterior surface striate; the cutting edge with a median projection. The radula has a central tooth that is almost square, tricuspid, as large as or larger than the lateral teeth, which are similar, narrower, and bi- or tricuspid. The marginal teeth are low, wide and serrated.[3]

Shell

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The shell is deeply rimate and ovate. The apex is acuminate and obtuse. The shell has 5–6 whorls. The last whorl is rounded. The aperture is semioval with 4 to 7 folds. The peristome is scarcely expanded and white-lipped.[3]

Distribution

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The distribution of the genus Vertigo includes Europe, northern Asia, eastern Asia, Japan, Central and North America, Caribbean and the Bermudas.[4]

Species

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Apertural view of a shell of Vertigo pygmaea

Species in the genus Vertigo include:

Synonyms
  • Vertigo concinnula (Roscoe and Roscoe, 1955) – Mitered vertigo:[9] synonym of Vertigo modesta concinnula Cockerell, 1897
  • Vertigo cubana Crosse, 1890:[5] synonym of Lyropupa cubana (Dall, 1890)
  • Vertigo elatior (Brooks, 1936) – tapered vertigo:[10] synonym of Vertigo ventricosa (Morse, 1865)
  • Vertigo flexidens (Reuss, 1861): synonym of † Ptychalaea flexidens (Reuss, 1861)
  • Vertigo hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1919: synonym of Vertigo kushiroensis hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1919
  • Vertigo heldi Clessin, 1877: synonym of Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Vertigo hubrichti Pilsbry, 1934: synonym of Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882
  • Vertigo interferens (Deshayes, 1863) : synonym of † Ovicarychium interferens (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Vertigo mystica (Stworzewicz & Pokryszko, 2015): synonym of † Ptychalaea mystica Stworzewicz & B.M. Pokryszko, 2015
  • Vertigo neglecta Arango in Poey, 1856:[5] synonym of Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
  • Vertigo occulta Vanetta, 1912: synonym of Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882
  • Vertigo paradoxa Sterki in Pilsbry, 1900: synonym of Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882
  • Vertigo shimochii Kuroda & Amano, 1960: synonym of Gastrocopta servilis (A. Gould, 1843)
  • Vertigo sieversi (O. Boettger, 1879): synonym of Vertigo nitidula (Mousson, 1876)

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]

  1. ^ Müller O. F. 1773. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Voluminis Imi pars Ima. pp. [1–33], 1–135. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426423 on 2023-02-07
  3. ^ a b c Baker F. C. (25 April) 1902. The Mollusca of the Chicago Area. Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletin No. III. of the Natural History Survey, The Chicago Academy of Sciences, 418 pp. 33 plates, page 240-241.
  4. ^ "Genus summary for Vertigo"]. AnimalBase, last modified 30 January 2010, accessed 2 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Mollusca" Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. ^ Horsak, M. & Pokryszko, B. M. "Vertigo botanicorum sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae)–a new whorl-snail from the Russian Altai Mountains." Zootaxa 2634 (2010): 57–62.
  7. ^ (in German) Ložek V. (1964). Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslowakei. – Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického, Praha, 31: 374 pp., pp. 204–205.
  8. ^ Proschwitz T. von (2007). "Vertigo ultimathule n. sp., a new whorl-snail from northernmost Sweden (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae)". Heldia 5(3): 73–74, Taf. 9. München.
  9. ^ "Vertigo concinnula". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Vertigo elatior". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

Further reading

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  • Speight M. C. D., Moorkens E. A. & Falkner G. (2003). Proceedings of the workshop on conservation biology of European Vertigo species.
  • Myzyk S. (2005). "Egg structure of some vertiginid species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae)". Folia Malacologica 13: 169. (open access with registration required)
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