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Taxonomy
Family:
PRISTILOMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Pristilomatidae (Family)
> Vitrea (Genus)
> crystallina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix crystallina O.F. Müller, 1774
=Hyalina crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Images: Vitrea crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Collected Jan 1970, Blacks Bush, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1970, Blacks Bush, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1970, Blacks Bush, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
PRISTILOMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Pristilomatidae (Family)
> Vitrea (Genus)
> crystallina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix crystallina O.F. Müller, 1774
=Hyalina crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Details: Vitrea crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land, Throughout the British Isles, western and central Europe, Scandinavia, and northern Africa. Introduced to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.117)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.449)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil