Vertigo pseudosubstriata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330415 on 2023-02-11
Distribution Vertigo pseudosubstriata was first identified as a Pleistocene fossil in the Weichselian loess of Dolní Věstonice (Moravia, Czech Republic). Further Pleistocene evidence followed in Central Europe.
The first indications of recent occurrences of the species in the Tien Shan were submitted by Matěkin. Ložek V. (1964). Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslowakei. – Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického, Praha, 31: 374 pp., pages 204-205. Uvalieva (1967) discovered the species anew in the Southern Altai Mountains and initially described it as Vertigo laevis (synonym). Recently, this species has been found in the Tien Shan, Altai Mountains, Pamir Mountains, and Himalayas, where it is relatively widespread at alpine altitudes.
The recent distribution of Vertigo pseudosubstriata includes: PakistanPokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". Annales Zoologici 59(4): 423-458. . Kazakhstan
Shell description The shape of the shell is cylindrical-ovate.
The width of the shell is 1.2 mm; the height of the shell is 2.1-2.2 mm.
References This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the referenceMeng S. & Hoffmann M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – “A Living Fossil” in Central Asia?". Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart Quaternary Science Journal 58(1): 55–69. .
External links
Meng, S., Vasyliev, P., Khoptynets, I., Tkach, V. & Maier, A. (2021). On the present habitats and ecology of Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vertiginidea) in Central Asia and its distribution history in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science Pokryszko, B. M., Auffenberg, K., Hlaváč, J. Č. & Naggs, F. (2009). Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part). Annales Zoologici. 59(4): 423-458