Vitrea transsylvanica


Vitrea transsylvanica is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

Description

The shell is small: 1.3-2.2 mm x 3.0-4.5 mm.
The body whorl is more inflated than in Vitrea subrimata and Vitrea subcarinata. The width, as seen from above, is around 2.3-2.6 times that of the penultimate whorl. The first whorls are denser arranged than in Vitrea subrimata. The aperture, as seen from above, is weakly curved. There is no umbilicus
This species differs from Vitrea diaphana in its wider body whorl and its Nautilus-like protruded aperture.

Distribution

This species occurs in:
The species occurs in closed forests, mainly in beech forests.