Vertigo lilljeborgi
| Vertigo lilljeborgi | |
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| A damaged shell of Vertigo lilljeborgi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. lilljeborgi
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| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871)[1]
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Vertigo lilljeborgi is a
- Subspecies
- Vertigo lilljeborgi lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871)
- Vertigo lilljeborgi vinlandica Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018
Distribution
The
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands in Northern Europe including:
- Great Britain, Wales, Scotland
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Germany
- Scandinavia: Sweden, ...
- Latvia
- and other areas
Shell description
The
Aperture is quite piriform, or obliquely cordate, with 1 parietal tooth (sometimes with another punctiform one), 2 columellar teeth, the lower very small, often wanting; 2 short, high, equal, immersed teeth in the palate, bounded by a reddish-brown streak in front. Peristome is weak, expanded, the margins delicately united; outer margin not impressed, scarcely produced angularly forward.[3]
The width of the adult shell varies from 1.25 to 1.5 mm, the height from 2-2.25 mm.[3]
Vertigo lilljeborgi, compared with
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]
- ^ Westerlund C. A. 1871. Exposé critique des mollusques de terre et d'eau douce de la Suède et de la Norvége. pp. [1-2], 1-200. Upsal. (Berling).
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050668 on 2023-02-10
- ^ –168.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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