Vertigo pseudosubstriata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. [4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. pseudosubstriata
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Distribution
editVertigo pseudosubstriata was first identified as a Pleistocene fossil in the Weichselian loess of Dolní Věstonice (Moravia, Czech Republic).[1] Further Pleistocene evidence followed in Central Europe.[1]
The first indications of recent occurrences of the species in the Tien Shan were submitted by Matěkin.[5][1] Uvalieva (1967)[3] discovered the species anew in the Southern Altai Mountains and initially described it as Vertigo laevis (synonym).[1] In recent times to date, this species has been found in the Tien Shan, Altai Mountains, Pamir Mountains and Himalayas where it is relatively widespread in their alpine altitudes.[1]
The recent distribution of Vertigo pseudosubstriata includes:
Shell description
editThe shape of the shell is cylindrical-ovate.[5]
The width of the shell is 1.2 mm; the height of the shell is 2.1-2.2 mm.[5]
References
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Meng S. & Hoffmann M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – “A Living Fossil” in Central Asia?". Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart Quaternary Science Journal 58(1): 55–69. doi:10.3285/eg.58.1.03.
- ^ (in Czech) Ložek V. (1954). "Noví měkkýši československého pleistocénu (Neue Mollusken aus dem tschechoslowakischen Pleistozän). Vertigo pseudosubstriata sp. n., Pupilla muscorum densegyrata ssp. n. a Pupilla loessica sp. n." Anthropozoikum 3(1953): 327–342, Tab. 1.
- ^ a b (in Russian) Uvalieva K. K. (1967). "New species of land snails from South Altai. V: Molljuski i ih rol v formirovanii faun". Trudy zoologicheskowo Instituta, XLII: 313-220.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330415 on 2023-02-11
- ^ a b c (in German) Ložek V. (1964). Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslowakei. – Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického, Praha, 31: 374 pp., pages 204-205.
- ^ Pokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". Annales Zoologici 59(4): 423-458. doi:10.3161/000345409X484847.
External links
edit- Uvalieva, K.K. (1967). New species of terrestrial mollusks from the Southern Altay. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR. 42: 213-220 (in Russian)
- Meng, S., Vasyliev, P., Khoptynets, I., Tkach, V. & Maier, A. (2021). On the present habitats and ecology of Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vertiginidea) in Central Asia and its distribution history in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science
- Pokryszko, B. M., Auffenberg, K., Hlaváč, J. Č. & Naggs, F. (2009). Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part). Annales Zoologici. 59(4): 423-458
- Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press. 389 pp