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Vitrea

Vitrea
Apical and umbilical view of an oxidized shellofVitrea vereae. The shell when fresh is glassy and transparent.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Pristilomatidae
Genus:	Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833[1]
Type species
Glischrus (Helix) diaphana S. Studer, 1820
Synonyms
Anomphala Westerlund, 1886 Anomphalus [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling) Crystallinus A.J. Wagner, 1907 Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1855 Diaphanella Clessin, 1880 Helix (Crystallus) R. T. Lowe, 1855 Hyalina (Crystallus) R. T. Lowe, 1855 Hyalina (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833 † Hyalinia (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833 (considered as a separate genus) Pinterella A. Riedel, 1980 Subrimatus A.J. Wagner, 1907 Vitrea (Crystallus) R. T. Lowe, 1855 Vitrea (Pinterella) A. Riedel, 1980 (original rank) Vitrea (Subrimatus) A. J. Wagner, 1907 Vitrea (Vitrea) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

Vitrea is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pristilomatidae.^[2]

Species[edit]

This genus contains more than 60 species, including the following:

Taxa inquirenda[edit]

• Vitrea cepedei Dautzenberg, 1908
• Vitrea dalliana (uncertain)
• Vitrea milium (uncertain)
• Vitrea petrophila (uncertain)
• Vitrea placenta Westerlund, 1902 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
• Vitrea sublimpida E. A. Smith, 1895
• Vitrea wheatleyi (uncertain)

Synonyms[edit]

• Vitrea actinophora Dall, 1900 : synonym of Retinella actinophora (Dall, 1900) (original combination)
• Vitrea alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) : synonym of Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea approxima B. Walker & Pilsbry, 1902 : synonym of Pilsbryna clingmani (Dall, 1900) (junior synonym)
• Vitrea arborea (Say, 1817) : synonym of Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea aulacogyra Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906: synonym of Paravitrea aulacogyra (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)
• Vitrea botteri O. Boettger, 1905: synonym of Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871) (junior homonym, invalid, non Helix botterii L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Vitrea capsella (Gould, 1851): synonym of Paravitrea capsella (A. Gould, 1851)
• Vitrea carolinensis (Cockerell, 1890): synonym of Glyphyalinia carolinensis (Cockerell, 1890) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea chathamensis (Dall, 1893): synonym of Glyphyalus chathamensis (Dall, 1893) (superseded combination)
• Vitrea clingmani Dall, 1900: synonym of Pilsbryna clingmani (Dall, 1900) (original combination)
• Vitrea cryptomphala G. H. Clapp, 1915: synonym of Glyphyalinia cryptomphala (G. H. Clapp, 1915) (original combination)
• Vitrea draparnaudi (H. Beck, 1837): synonym of Oxychilus draparnaudi (H. Beck, 1837) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea emmae Akramowski, 1955: synonym of Oxychilus emmae (Akramowski, 1955) (original combination)
• Vitrea harimensis Pilsbry, 1900: synonym of Urazirochlamys doenitzii (Reinhardt, 1877) (junior synonym)
• Vitrea hawaiiensis Ancey, 1904: synonym of Nesovitrea hawaiiensis (Ancey, 1904) (original combination)
• Vitrea hibernica Kennard, 1907: synonym of Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Vitrea implicans (Guppy, 1868): synonym of Miradiscops implicans (Guppy, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea indentata (Say, 1822): synonym of Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1822) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea johnsoni Dall, 1895: synonym of Pristiloma johnsoni (Dall, 1895) (original combination)
• Vitrea lanaiensis Sykes, 1897: synonym of Nesovitrea pauxilla (A. Gould, 1852) (junior synonym)
• † Vitrea leia Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894: synonym of † Oxychilus leia (Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894) (superseded combination)
• Vitrea lepta Westerlund, 1902 synonym of Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871) (junior synonym)
• Vitrea lewisiana G. H. Clapp, 1908: synonym of Glyphyalinia lewisiana (G. H. Clapp, 1908) (original combination)
• Vitrea lucida (Draparnaud, 1801): synonym of Oxychilus draparnaudi (H. Beck, 1837) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea lunti E. A. Smith, 1898: synonym of Miradiscops lunti (E. A. Smith, 1898) (original combination)
• Vitrea molokaiensis Sykes, 1897 synonym of Nesovitrea molokaiensis (Sykes, 1897) (original combination)
• Vitrea orotis S. S. Berry, 1930: synonym of Pristiloma orotis (S. S. Berry, 1930) (original combination)
• Vitrea pauxillus (A. Gould, 1852): synonym of Nesovitrea pauxilla (A. Gould, 1852) ( superseded combination)
• Vitrea podolica Clessin, 1880: synonym of Vitrea crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
• Vitrea raderi Dall, 1898: synonym of Glyphyalinia raderi (Dall, 1898) (original combination)
• Vitrea radiatula (Alder, 1830): synonym of Retinella radiatula (Alder, 1830) : synonym of Perpolita hammonis (Strøm, 1765) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea rhoadsi Pilsbry, 1899: synonym of Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899) (original combination)
• Vitrea scharffi Kennard, 1908 : synonym of Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• † Vitrea sconciensis (J. S. Gardner, 1885): synonym of † Oxychilus sconciensis (J. S. Gardner, 1885) (superseded combination)
• † Vitrea sinoparum Cockerell, 1914: synonym of † Microphysula sinoparum (Cockerell, 1914) (superseded combination)
• Vitrea stopnevichi Rosen, 1925: synonym of Conulopolita stopnevichi (Rosen, 1925) (original combination)
• Vitrea subrupicola (Dall, 1877): synonym of Pristiloma subrupicola (Dall, 1877) ( superseded combination)
• Vitrea tratanensis Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Macrochlamys tratanensis (Jousseaume, 1894) (original combination)
• Vitrea umbratilis (Guppy, 1868): synonym of Pseudohyalina umbratilis (Guppy, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
• Vitrea vanattai B. Walker & Pilsbry, 1902: synonym of Pilsbryna vanattai (B. Walker & Pilsbry, 1902) (original combination)
• Vitrea viridis Westerlund, 1897: synonym of Vitrea contortula (Krynicki, 1837) (junior synonym)

References[edit]

• Wagner, A. J. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna Oesterreichs und Ungarns, sowie der angrenzenden Balkanländer. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 39 (3): 101-115. Frankfurt am Main.
• Riedel, A. (1980). Genera Zonitidarum. Diagnosen supraspezifischer Taxa der Familie Zonitidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), 197 pp

External links[edit]

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• Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien.
• Lowe, R. T. (1855 ("1854") ). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208
• AnimalBase info at: [1]