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Vertigo extima

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Vertigo extima is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1¾ mm.

Distribution

Distribution

Vertigo extima is usually found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia and in western Alaska.[3]

References

  1. ^ Westerlund C. A. 1877. Sibiriens land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd) 14 (12): 1-111, Taf. [1]. Stockholm.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050660 on 2023-02-08
  3. ^ "Species summary for Vertigo extima". AnimalBase, last modified 26 October 2013, accessed 18 October 2015.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates

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Vertigo extima: Brief Summary

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Vertigo extima is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

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