- Vertigo (genus)
Taxobox
name = "Vertigo"
image_caption = "Vertigo moulinsiana "
status =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
ordo =Stylommatophora
familia =Vertiginidae
genus = "Vertigo"
species =
binomial =
binomial_authority ="Vertigo" is a
genus of smallsnail s fromVertiginidae family.pecies
Species in the genus include
subgenus "Vertigo" O. F. Müller, 1774
* "Vertigo alpestris " Alder, 1838 - tundra vertigo
* "Vertigo antivertigo " (Draparnaud, 1801)
* "Vertigo genesii " (Gredler, 1856) - Round-mouthed Whorl Snail
* "Vertigo geyeri " Lindholm, 1925
* "Vertigo heldi " Clessin, 1877
* "Vertigo lilljeborgi " (Westerlund, 1871)
* "Vertigo modesta " (Say, 1824) - cross vertigo
* "Vertigo moulinsiana" (Dupuy, 1849) -Desmoulin's whorl snail
* "Vertigo pusilla " O. F. Müller, 1774
* "Vertigo pygmaea " (Draparnaud, 1801) - crested vertigo
* "Vertigo ronnebyensis " (Westerlund, 1871)
* "Vertigo substriata " (Jeffreys, 1833)subgenus "Vertilla" Moquin-Tandon, 1856
* "Vertigo angustior " Jeffreys, 1830 - Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snailsubgenus ?
* "Vertigo arctica " (Wallenberg, 1858)
* "Vertigo alabamensis " G. Clapp, 1915
* "Vertigo arthuri " Von Martens, 1882
* "Vertigo bollesiana " - Delicate vertigo snail
* "Vertigo conecuhensis " G. Clapp, 1915
* "Vertigo cristata " Sterki, 1919
* "Vertigo elatior " Sterki, 1894
* "Vertigo extima " (Westerlund, 1877)
* "Vertigo gouldii " (A. Binney, 1843)
* "Vertigo hebardi " Vanetta, 1912
* "Vertigo hubricti " Pilsbry, 1934 - ("Vertigo hubrichti hubrichti", midwest pleistocene vertigo)
* "Vertigo meramecensis " Van Devender, 1979
* "Vertigo milium " (Gould, 1840)
* "Vertigo oralis " Sterki, 1890
* "Vertigo oscariana " Sterki, 1890
* "Vertigo occulta " Vanetta, 1912
* "Vertigo ovata " (Say, 1822) - grassland whorl snail
* "Vertigo paradoxa " Nylander
* "Vertigo parcedentata " Sandberger
* "Vertigo rugosula " Sterki, 1890
* "Vertigo teskeyae " Hubricht, 1961
* "Vertigo tridentata " Wolf, 1870
* "Vertigo ventricosa " (E. S. Morse, 1865)References
Recommended literature
* Speight, M. C. D., Moorkens, E. A. & Falkner, G. (2003) Proceedings of the workshop on conservation biology of European Vertigo species.
* Myzyk, S. 2005. Egg structure of some vertiginid species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae). [http://www.foliamalacologica.com/ Folia Malacologica] 13:169. (open access with registration required)External links
* [http://www.jaxshells.org/lsnail.htm gallery of selected "Vertigo" species]
* http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id2689
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