MolluscaBase taxon details
Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)
1002768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1002768)
accepted
Species
Crystallus contractus (Westerlund, 1871) · unaccepted
Crystallus contractus subcontractus A. J. Wagner, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hyalinia abchasica Retowski, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hyalinia blanci P. Hesse, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hyalinia zakynthia P. Hesse, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vitrea (Crystallus) contracta (Westerlund, 1871) · unaccepted
Vitrea (Crystallus) zapateri Westerlund, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vitrea botteri O. Boettger, 1905 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid, non Helix botterii L....)
invalid, non Helix botterii L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Vitrea lepta Westerlund, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vitrea zakynthia (P. Hesse, 1882) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Zonites crystallina var. contracta Westerlund, 1871 · unaccepted (original name)
(of Zonites crystallina var. contracta Westerlund, 1871) Westerlund, C. A. (1871). Fauna molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium Sveciae, Norvegiae et Daniae. I. Landmolluskerna. Adolf Bonnier, Stockholm. 1-296.
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
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original description
(of Crystallus contractus subcontractus A. J. Wagner, 1907) Wagner, A. J. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna Oesterreichs und Ungarns, sowie der angrenzenden Balkanländer. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 39 (3): 101-115. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107096
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Zonites crystallina var. contracta Westerlund, 1871) Westerlund, C. A. (1871). Fauna molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium Sveciae, Norvegiae et Daniae. I. Landmolluskerna. Adolf Bonnier, Stockholm. 1-296.
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Vitrea lepta Westerlund, 1902) Westerlund, C. A. (1902). Malacologische Bemerkungen und Beschreibungen. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (1/2): 19-26; 34 (3/4): 35-47. Frankfurt am Main [15 February; 13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598758
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Vitrea (Crystallus) zapateri Westerlund, 1898) Westerlund, C. A. (1898). Novum specilegium malacologicum. Neue Binnenconchylien aus der paläarktischen Region. <em>Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 3 (2): 155-183. St.-Petersburg [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8651422
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Hyalinia blanci P. Hesse, 1882) Hesse, P. (1882). Eine Reise nach Griechenland. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9 (4): 283-336, pl. 12. Frankfurt am Main [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16360076
page(s): 319, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Hyalinia zakynthia P. Hesse, 1882) Hesse, P. (1882). Eine Reise nach Griechenland. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9 (4): 283-336, pl. 12. Frankfurt am Main [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16360076
page(s): 319, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 42 [details]
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): 272 [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): 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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. 56D [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 44(1): 53-70.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gojšina, V., Vesović, N., Ćurčić, S., Karan-Žnidaršič, T., Mitrović, B. & Dedov, I. (2024). A review of the genus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Pristilomatidae) in Serbia: diversity, distribution and the description of a new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1200: 245–273., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/120633/
page(s): 248, Figs 1, 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Zonites crystallina var. contracta Westerlund, 1871) Westerlund, C. A. (1871). Fauna molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium Sveciae, Norvegiae et Daniae. I. Landmolluskerna. Adolf Bonnier, Stockholm. 1-296.
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Vitrea lepta Westerlund, 1902) Westerlund, C. A. (1902). Malacologische Bemerkungen und Beschreibungen. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (1/2): 19-26; 34 (3/4): 35-47. Frankfurt am Main [15 February; 13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598758
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Vitrea (Crystallus) zapateri Westerlund, 1898) Westerlund, C. A. (1898). Novum specilegium malacologicum. Neue Binnenconchylien aus der paläarktischen Region. <em>Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 3 (2): 155-183. St.-Petersburg [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8651422
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Hyalinia blanci P. Hesse, 1882) Hesse, P. (1882). Eine Reise nach Griechenland. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9 (4): 283-336, pl. 12. Frankfurt am Main [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16360076
page(s): 319, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Hyalinia zakynthia P. Hesse, 1882) Hesse, P. (1882). Eine Reise nach Griechenland. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9 (4): 283-336, pl. 12. Frankfurt am Main [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16360076
page(s): 319, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 42 [details]
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): 272 [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): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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. 56D [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 44(1): 53-70.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gojšina, V., Vesović, N., Ćurčić, S., Karan-Žnidaršič, T., Mitrović, B. & Dedov, I. (2024). A review of the genus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Pristilomatidae) in Serbia: diversity, distribution and the description of a new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1200: 245–273., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/120633/
page(s): 248, Figs 1, 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Crystallus contractus subcontractus A. J. Wagner, 1907) SMF 170953 [details]
