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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
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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