Vertigo arthuri
Drawing of a shell of Vertigo arthuri

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. arthuri
Binomial name
Vertigo arthuri
Synonyms
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) arthuri E. von Martens, 1882 · alternate representation
  • Vertigo bollesiana var. arthuri E. von Martens, 1882 (basionym)
  • Vertigo briarensis A. B. Leonard, 1972
  • Vertigo coloradensis var. basidens Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1900
  • Vertigo gouldii hubrichti Pilsbry, 1934
  • Vertigo gouldii paradoxa Sterki, 1900
  • Vertigo occulta A. B. Leonard, 1972 junior subjective synonym

Vertigo arthuri is a species of land snail in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. It is known by the common names callused Vertigo,[3] or Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo.[4]

It is native to North America.[2]

A 2009 phylogenetic analysis of genus Vertigo revealed that many of its species should be included in the circumscription of V. arthuri.[6] This greatly expanded the range of V. arthuri, which is now considered to have a disjunct distribution spanning from Alaska to Newfoundland to New Mexico.[2] V. arthuri now includes many snails that were formerly considered to be rare local endemics of the American Midwest.[6] It now has one of the largest ranges of any land snail in the Western Hemisphere.[2]

In many areas, this snail lives in various types of forest habitat. It consumes leaf litter and organic layers on rock surfaces.[2]

Description

(Described as Vertigo gouldii hubrichti) The shell is subcylindric, larger than Vertigo nylanderi Sterki, 1909 with a similar long and deep impression over the palatal folds. The lower-palatal is deeply immersed. There is no angular lamella. The basal fold is well developed. The intermediate whorls are strongly, sharply striate

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Vertigo arthuri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22941A9400370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22941A9400370.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 NatureServe. 2014. Vertigo arthuri. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 6 September 2014.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1328484 on 2023-02-06
  4. 1 2 Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo (Vertigo hubrichti) Archived 19 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Last revised 4 January 2007 , accessed 3 July 2009.
  5. ↑ Michigan Natural Features Inventory. 2007. Vertigo hubrichti. Rare Species Explorer (Web Application), accessed 3 July 2009.
  6. 1 2 Nekola, J. C., et al. (2009). Evolutionary pattern and process within the Vertigo gouldii (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) group of minute North American land snails. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 1010-24.


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