''Vitrina'' is

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of small air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the family

Vitrinidae Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBa ...

, the glass snails.

Species

Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * '' Vitrina angelicae'' Beck, 1837 * ''

Vitrina josephinae ''Vitrina'' is genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Species Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * ''Vitrina angelicae'' Beck ...

'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * ''

Vitrina madagascariensis ''Vitrina'' is genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Species Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * '' Vitrina angelicae'' Beck, 1837 * '' Vitri ...

'' E. A. Smith, 1882 * ''

Vitrina marojeziana ''Vitrina'' is genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Species Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * '' Vitrina angelicae'' Beck, 1837 * '' Vitri ...

'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994 * ''

Vitrina pellucida ''Vitrina pellucida'' is species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Description This species is a 'semi-slug' with a flattened, globular shell. The animal is pale grey wi ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * † ''

Vitrina suevica ''Vitrina'' is genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Species Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * '' Vitrina angelicae'' Beck, 1837 * '' Vitri ...

'' Sandberger, 1872 ;Taxa inquerenda: * ''Vitrina amoena'' Morelet, 1884 * ''Vitrina angolensis'' Morelet, 1867 * ''Vitrina bozasi'' de Rochebrune & Germain, 1904 * ''Vitrina compacta'' Preston, 1912 * ''Vitrina ugandensis'' Thiele, 1911

References

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* Bank, R. (2017). ''Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World''. Last update: July 16th, 2017 Vitrinidae {{Vitrinidae-stub