Vertigo geyeri

Vertigo geyeri
Apertural view of a shell of Vertigo geyeri
Six shells of Vertigo geyeri, scale bar in mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Subfamily: Vertigininae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. geyeri
Binomial name
Vertigo geyeri
Synonyms
  • Vertigo geyerii Lindholm, 1925 [orth. error]
  • Vertigo (Glacivertigo) geyeri Lindholm, 1925 (unaccepted subgeneric classification)
  • Vertigo (Vertigo) geyeri Lindholm, 1925 · alternate representation
  • Vertigo genesii var. geyeri Lindholm, 1925

Vertigo geyeri is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.[3]

The specific name geyeri is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer (1855–1932).

  1. ^ Killeen, I.; Moorkens, E.; Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Vertigo geyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T22940A9400082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T22940A9400082.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ (in German) Lindholm W. A. 1925. Studien an palaearktischen Vertigo-Arten. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 57 (5/6): 241-251.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050662 on 2023-02-08