- Vertigo angustior
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Narrow-mouthed whorl snail 
shell of Vertigo angustior 
shells of Vertigo angustior Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade OrthurethraSuperfamily: Pupilloidea Family: Vertiginidae Subfamily: Vertigininae Tribe: Vertiginini Genus: Vertigo Species: V. angustior Binomial name Vertigo angustior
Jeffreys, 1830[2]The narrow-mouthed whorl snail, scientific name Vertigo angustior, is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
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Distribution
- IUCN red list - conservation dependent
- It is mentioned in Annex II of the European Union's Habitats Directive.
The species occurs in many countries in Europe and in Asia[3]:
Western Europe:
- Great Britain in List of endangered species in the British Isles (Ireland, United Kingdom). Endangered in Great Britain.[4]
- Ireland Conseravtion status: Vulnerable (VU)[5]
- Belgium
- France[6]
- Liechtenstein
- Netherlands[7]
- Switzerland
Central Europe:
- Austria
- Czech Republic - vulnerable (VU)[8][9]. It's Conservation status in the Czech Republic in 2004-2006 is bad (U2) in pannonian area and favourable (FV) in continental area in report for European commission in accordance with Habitats Directive.[10]
- Germany
- Hungary
- Poland - endangered[11]
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Eastern Europe: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Ukraine
Southern Europe: Italy, Romania
Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia.
Drawing of shells of Vertigo angustior
References
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Vertigo angustior". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22935/summ. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ Jeffreys J. G. 1830. A synopsis on the testaceous pneumonobrancheous Mollusca of Great Britain. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16(2): 323-392.
- ^ distribution
- ^ 2000-2007. Action plan for Vertigo angustior. UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
- ^ Byrne et al., 2009. http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Redlists/RL2.pdf
- ^ "Recherche de sites par espèce : Invertébrés : Vertigo angustior (Vertigo angustior)". 2007. http://natura2000.environnement.gouv.fr/especes/1014.html.
- ^ "Vertigo angustior". 2005. http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/vertigo-angustior.
- ^ (Czech) "Evropsky významné lokality v České republice". 2003. http://stanoviste.natura2000.cz/index.php?page=zivocich_detail&ZivocichID=134.
- ^ "Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". 2006-07-14. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm.
- ^ (Czech) Dušek J., Hošek M. & Kolářová J. (2007) Hodnotící zpráva o stavu z hlediska ochrany evropsky významných druhů a typů přírodních stanovišť v České republice za rok 2004-2006. - Ochrana přírody, 62(5): appendix 5:I-IV.
- ^ Vertigo angustior - Polish Red Data Book of Animals
Further reading
- Zofia Książkiewicz. January 2008. The narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo angustior (Pulmonata: Gastropoda: Vertiginidae) - distribution and habitat disturbance in northwestern Poland. Tentacle 16. 5-6.
- The narrow-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo angustior) (1014) Conservation Status Assessment Report.
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