Vitrea pygmaea
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| Vitrea pygmaea | |
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| Shell of Vitrea pygmaea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Pristilomatidae |
| Genus: | Vitrea |
| Species: | V. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitrea pygmaea (Boettger, 1880) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyalinia pygmaea O. Boettger, 1880 | |
Vitrea pygmaea is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Pristilomatidae.[1][2]
The shell is very small: 0.7-0.8 mm x 1.4-2.1 mm. It is colourless, sometimes slightly pale greenish yellow. The shell contains 3.5-4 whorls. The body whorl is twice as wide as penultimate whorl, or even more. The umbilicus is very wide and perspectivical, all whorls well visible inside. This species can usually not be confounded with any other species.
