Vertigo ovata
Vertigo ovata | |
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Drawing of the aperture of a shell of Vertigo ovata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Vertiginidae |
Genus: | Vertigo |
Species: | V. ovata
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Binomial name | |
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
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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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Vertigo (gastropod)
- Molluscs of the United States
- Gastropods described in 1822
- Vertiginidae stubs