Vertigo ovata

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Vertigo ovata
Vertigo ovata aperture.jpg
Drawing of the aperture of a shell of Vertigo ovata

Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. ovata
Binomial name
Vertigo ovata
Say, 1822

Vertigo ovata, common name the ovate vertigo, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[2]

Distribution[]

This species is endemic to the United States, occurring in:

References[]

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Vertigo ovata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22944A9400460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22944A9400460.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Marshall, B. (2014). Vertigo ovata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819972 on 2014-11-06
  3. ^ Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. accessed 25 June 2009.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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