The body whorl is more inflated than in Vitrea subrimata and Vitrea subcarinata. The width, as seen from above, is around 2.3-2.6 times that of the penultimate whorl. The first whorls are denser arranged than in Vitrea subrimata. The aperture, as seen from above, is weakly curved (Nautilus-like protruded). There is no umbilicus
This species differs from Vitrea diaphana in its wider body whorl and its Nautilus-like protruded aperture (in Vitrea diaphana straight).[2]
The species occurs in closed forests, mainly in beech forests.
References
^MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002780 on 2023-06-14
^AnimalBase: Vitrea transsylvanica
^Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Clessin, S. (1877). Die Species der Hyalinen-Gruppe Vitrea. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge. 24: 123-134, pl. 1-2. Cassel
