Vertigo arctica

Vertigo arctica
	Apertural view of a shell of Vertigo arctica
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Vertiginidae
Subfamily:	Vertigininae
Genus:	Vertigo
Species:	V. arctica
Binomial name
	Vertigo arctica; (Wallenberg, 1858)
Synonyms
	Pupa (Vertigo) eggeri Gredler, 1890 (junior synonym); Pupa arctica Wallenberg, 1858; Vertigo (Boreovertigo) arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) · alternate representation; Vertigo (Boreovertigo) modesta arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (superseded rank); Vertigo (Vertigo) arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (incorrect subgeneric placement); Vertigo modesta arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) (superseded rank);

Vertigo arctica is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

Poland - critically endangered^[4]

Shell description

Shell is dextral, rimate, ovate, thin, smoothish, somewhat glossy, pellucid, brownish-tawny. The shell has 5 to 5 ½ whorls, convex, the last nearly two-fifths the altitude, rounded at base, anteriorly having a somewhat swollen crest.^[5]

Aperture is slightly oblique, semiovate or piriform, obstructed by 3 teeth: in the middle of the parietal wall, on the columella, and a smaller one in the palate (frequently wanting). Peristome is spreading, slightly labiate, the margins joined by a callus, the right margin very strongly curved above, columellar margin is somewhat dilated, spreading.^[5]

The width of the adult shell is about 2.5 mm, the height about 1.5 mm.^[5]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.^[5]

^ Neubert, E. (2011). "Vertigo arctica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196117A8998129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T196117A8998129.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Wallenberg C. von 1858. Beschreibung einer neuen Pupa. Malakozoologische Blätter 5: 32. Cassel.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430498 on 2023-02-07
^ Beata M. Pokryszko. "Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. 1918-1920. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Philadelphia. page 189.

Wallenberg, C. von (1858). Beschreibung einer neuen Pupa. Malakozoologische Blätter, 5: 32

External links

Gredler, V. M. (1890). Eine neue Tiroler Pupa. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 22: 41-42. Frankfurt am Main.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Neubert, E. (2011). "Vertigo arctica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196117A8998129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T196117A8998129.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] Wallenberg C. von 1858. Beschreibung einer neuen Pupa. Malakozoologische Blätter 5: 32. Cassel.

[WoRMS-3] MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430498 on 2023-02-07

[4] Beata M. Pokryszko. "Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk.

[Pilsbry-5] Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. 1918-1920. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Philadelphia. page 189.

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