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Species of gastropod

Hyala vitrea
Hyala vitrea (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Iravadiidae
Genus: Hyala
Species: H. vitrea
Binomial name
Hyala vitrea
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Cingula vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
  • Onoba vitrea (Montagu)
  • Hyala glabrata Fleming, J., 1828
  • Turbo vitreus Montagu 1803 (basionym)

Hyala vitrea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

Previously, Hyala vitrea was considered as a species of Onoba (Rissoidae).

Description

The shell size varies between 1 and 4 mm (0.039 and 0.157 in).

Distribution

It is found in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.

Ecology

The species is a grazer and deposit feeder.

References

This article include CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference

  1. CLEMAM : Hyala vitrea; accessed : 2 November 2010
  2. ^ Hyala vitrea. WoRMS (2009). Hyala vitrea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140129 on 2 November 2010 .

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Taxon identifiers
Hyala vitrea


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