Species Vitrea pygmaea (Boettger, 1880)

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Species Vitrea pygmaea (Boettger, 1880)

Dwarf Crystal Snail

Zonites crystallina contracta Westerlund, C.A. 1873. Fauna Molluscorum Terrestrium et Fluviatilium Sveciae, Norvegiae et Daniae. Stockholm : Adolf Bonnier Vol. 2 v 651 pp. [56].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.
Secondary source:
Long, D.C. 1972. Zonitid snails (Gastropoda : Pulmonata) introduced into Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 115-120 [116].

Generic Combinations

Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1873).
Vitrea pygmaea (Boettger, 1880).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate southern Australia as far north as Coffs Harbour, NE NSW. Native to Europe

Introduced from Europe.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Omnivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Urban gardens.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	ZONITIDAE	04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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