| Vertigo arthuri | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Vertigo arthuri | |
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Vertigininae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. arthuri |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo arthuri von Martens, 1882 | |
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Vertigo arthuri is a species of land snail in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. It is known by the common names callused Vertigo, or Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo.
It is native to North America.
A 2009 phylogenetic analysis of genus Vertigo revealed that many of its species should be included in the circumscription of V. arthuri. 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. V. arthuri now includes many snails that were formerly considered to be rare local endemics of the American Midwest. It now has one of the largest ranges of any land snail in the Western Hemisphere.
In many areas, this snail lives in various types of forest habitat. It consumes leaf litter and organic layers on rock surfaces.
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
- 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.
- ^ NatureServe. 2014. Vertigo arthuri. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 6 September 2014.
- 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
- ^ Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo (Vertigo hubrichti) Archived 19 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Last revised 4 January 2007 , accessed 3 July 2009.
- Michigan Natural Features Inventory. 2007. Vertigo hubrichti. Rare Species Explorer (Web Application), accessed 3 July 2009.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Martens, E. von. (1882). Vorlage einiger Conchylien, welche Dr. Aurel und Arthur Krause während ihrer Rückreise von des stillen Oceans durch Amerika gesammelt haben. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1882(9): 138-143
- Nylander, O. O. (1900). A list of shells from northeastern Maine. The Nautilus. 13(9): 102-106
- Leonard, A.B. (1972). New gastropods from the Pleistocene of Illinois. The Nautilus. 85(3): 78-84.
- Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1900). A partial revision of the Pupae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 582-611,
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Vertigo arthuri | |
| Vertigo hubricti | |
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