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Vitrea contortula (Krynicki, 1837)
1115873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1115873)
accepted
Species
Helix (Helicodonta) contortula Krynicki, 1837 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix contorta Krynicki, 1836 · unaccepted (invalid; not Linnaeus, 1758, Helix...)
invalid; not Linnaeus, 1758, Helix contortula is a replacement name
Hyalinia (Vitrea) contortula (Krynicki, 1837) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vitrea viridis Westerlund, 1897 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Helix (Helicodonta) contortula Krynicki, 1837) Krynicki, J. A. (1837). Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quae pro mutua offeruntur historiae naturalis cultoribus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10 (2): 50-64. Moskva., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311962
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
Note Russia, Northern Caucasus, Pyatigorsk
Type locality Russia, Northern Caucasus, Pyatigorsk [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vitrea contortula (Krynicki, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1115873 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Vitrea viridis Westerlund, 1897) Westerlund, C. A. (1897). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Russlands. (Nach den Sammlungen des Zoologischen Museums der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St.-Petersburg). <em>Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg).</em> 2 (2): 117-143, St.-Petersburg [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8651948
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Helix (Helicodonta) contortula Krynicki, 1837) Krynicki, J. A. (1837). Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quae pro mutua offeruntur historiae naturalis cultoribus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10 (2): 50-64. Moskva., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311962
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Helix contorta Krynicki, 1836) Krynicki, J. A. (1836). Helices proprie dictae hucusque in limitibus Imperii Rossici observatae. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 9: 145-214. Moskva.
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 116, Fig. 56A, B [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209-315. Warszawa [5 July].
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Riedel, A. (1966). Zonitidae (excl. Daudebardiinae) der Kaukasusländer (Gastropoda). Annales Zoologici, 24 (1): 1-303. Warszawa [30 December].
page(s): 41, figs. 4-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Riedel, A. (1981). Über einige Zonitidae aus dem Iran (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 111 [1980] (4-6): 181-189. Frankfurt am Main [18 December].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa [10 June].
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Helix (Helicodonta) contortula Krynicki, 1837) Krynicki, J. A. (1837). Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quae pro mutua offeruntur historiae naturalis cultoribus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10 (2): 50-64. Moskva., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311962
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Helix contorta Krynicki, 1836) Krynicki, J. A. (1836). Helices proprie dictae hucusque in limitibus Imperii Rossici observatae. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 9: 145-214. Moskva.
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 116, Fig. 56A, B [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209-315. Warszawa [5 July].
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Riedel, A. (1966). Zonitidae (excl. Daudebardiinae) der Kaukasusländer (Gastropoda). Annales Zoologici, 24 (1): 1-303. Warszawa [30 December].
page(s): 41, figs. 4-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Riedel, A. (1981). Über einige Zonitidae aus dem Iran (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 111 [1980] (4-6): 181-189. Frankfurt am Main [18 December].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa [10 June].
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Russia, Northern Caucasus, Pyatigorsk [details]
