The shell is small: 1.3-2.2 mm x 2.5–5 mm (diameter 2.6-2.7 mm at 3 whorls, 3.5-3.8 mm at 4 whorls)
The shell is colourless and transparent. It contains 4-5 whorls. The width of the body whorl as seen from above is 1.2-1.7 times that of the penultimate whorl. The umbilicus is very narrow but is present (difference to Vitrea diaphana). The columellar margin is pointed and slightly protruded and covers the umbilicus only very weakly. The shell is very variable, except the characteristic form of the columellar margin at the umbilicus. The morphological variation has been associated with subspecies, but the nature of the variation is not yet understood. Two forms may co-occur with and without intermediates, other populations may consist of only one single form.[4]
Distribution
Distribution in Europe of Vitrea subrimata
The distribution of this species is alpine and southern-European.[5]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
This species can be found in humid mountain forests under leaf litter, stones or in crevices, usually on calcareous substrate, rocks and rock rubble, up to 2600 m. In Bulgaria it is recorded from 2000 m, in England also in open habitats, between 250 and 600 m.
References
^Martínez-Ortí, A. (2017). "Vitrea striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23031A85575923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T23031A85575923.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^Reinhardt O. (1871). "Über die in Deutschland vorkommenden Hyalinen aus der Crystallina-Gruppe". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin2: 39-40.
^MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002779 on 2023-06-14
^"AnimalBase :: Vitrea subrimata species homepage". AnimalBase. Retrieved 2023-06-15. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
^(in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
^Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology41(1): 91-109.
Boettger, O. (1880). Aufzählung der von Hrn. Edmund Reitter in Wien im Frühjahr 1880 in dem westlichen Montenegro, in Süd–Dalmatien & in Süd–Croatien gesammelten Mollusken. Bericht über die Thätigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde, 19/21: 100–115. Offenbach am Main.
Kobelt, W. (1881). Zwei neue süditalienische Hyalinen. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 13(12): 179–180.
Wagner, A. J. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna Oesterreichs und Ungarns, sowie der angrenzenden Balkanländer. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 39 (3): 101–115. Frankfurt am Main.
Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
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Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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Reinhardt, O. (1871). Über die in Deutschland vorkommenden Hyalinen aus der Crystallina-Gruppe. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 2: 39-40. Berlin
Kimakowicz, M. von (1890). Beitrag zur Molluskenfauna Siebenbürgens, II. Nachtrag. Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften, 40: 1-113. Hermannstadt
Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). Biodiversity Journal. 12 (3): 589–624
