Vertigo pseudosubstriata
| Vertigo pseudosubstriata Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent[1] | |
|---|---|
| Not listed in IUCN Red List[2] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Tribe: | Vertiginini |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Subgenus: | Vertigo[3] |
| Species: | V. pseudosubstriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954[4] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Vertigo laevis Uvalieva, 1967[5] | |
Vertigo pseudosubstriata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
Distribution
Vertigo pseudosubstriata was first identified as a Pleistocene fossil in the Weichselian loess of Dolní Věstonice (Moravia, Czech Republic).[1] Further Pleistocene evidence followed in Central Europe.[1]
The first indications of recent occurrences of the species in the Tien Shan were submitted by Matěkin.[3][1] Uvalieva (1967)[5] discovered the species anew in the Southern Altai Mountains and initially described it as Vertigo laevis (synonym).[1] In recent times to date, this species has been found in the Tien Shan, Altai Mountains, Pamir Mountains and Himalayas where it is relatively widespread in their alpine altitudes.[1]
The recent distribution of Vertigo pseudosubstriata includes:
Shell description
The shape of the shell is cylindrical-ovate.[3]
The width of the shell is 1.2 mm; the height of the shell is 2.1-2.2 mm.[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meng S. & Hoffmann M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – “A Living Fossil” in Central Asia?". Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart Quaternary Science Journal 58(1): 55–69. doi:10.3285/eg.58.1.03.
- ↑ IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 (German) Ložek V. (1964). Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslowakei. – Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického, Praha, 31: 374 pp., pages 204-205.
- ↑ (Czech) Ložek V. (1954). "Noví měkkýši československého pleistocénu (Neue Mollusken aus dem tschechoslowakischen Pleistozän). Vertigo pseudosubstriata sp. n., Pupilla muscorum densegyrata ssp. n. a Pupilla loessica sp. n." Anthropozoikum 3(1953): 327–342, Tab. 1.
- 1 2 (Russian) Uvalieva K. K. (1967). "New species of land snails from South Altai. V: Molljuski i ih rol v formirovanii faun". Trudy zoologicheskowo Instituta, XLII: 313-220.
- ↑ Pokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". Annales Zoologici 59(4): 423-458. doi:10.3161/000345409X484847.