Hyala vitrea

Hyala vitrea
Hyala vitrea (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Iravadiidae
Genus: Hyala
Species: H. vitrea
Binomial name
Hyala vitrea
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cingula vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
  • Onoba vitrea (Montagu)
  • Hyala glabrata Fleming, J., 1828
  • Turbo vitreus Montagu 1803 (basionym)[2]

Hyala vitrea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.[1]

Hyala vitrea used to be considered as a species of Onoba (Rissoidae).[1] It is however made clear now that this species does not belong to the family Rissoidae but to Hyala in the family Iravadiidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 1 mm and 4 mm

Distribution

It is found in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.

Ecology

This species is a grazer and deposit feeder.[1]

References

This article include CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hyala vitrea . WoRMS (2009). Hyala vitrea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140129 on 2 November 2010.
  2. CLEMAM : Hyala vitrea; accessed : 2 November 2010
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