Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Thin-Lip Vallonia
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
()
- Turton, 1831
- Family:
Valloniidae
()
- Morse, 1864
- Subfamily:
Valloniinae
()
- Genus:
Vallonia
()
- Risso, 1826
- Specific name:
perspectiva
- Sterki, 1893
- Scientific name: - Vallonia perspectiva Sterki, 1893
- Specific name:
perspectiva
- Sterki, 1893
- Genus:
Vallonia
(
- Subfamily:
Valloniinae
(
- Family:
Valloniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Vallonia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. albula (Indecisive Vallonia) · V. costata (Costate Vallonia) · V. cyclophorella (Silky Vallonia) · V. excentrica (Iroquois Vallonia) · V. gracilicosta (Multirib Vallonia) · V. parvula (Trumpet Vallonia) · V. perspectiva (Thin-Lip Vallonia) · V. pulchella (Lovely Vallonia) · V. terraenovae (Terre-Neuve Vallonia)
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Further Reading
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- A biological reconnaissance in the vicinity of Flathead Lake, Missoula, University of Montana, 1902. url .
- Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 400.
- Bulletin / University of Montana. Missoula: University of Montana, 1901-1910. url p. 171.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 258, p. 258, p. 307, p. 307, p. 307.
- Mollusca of the southwestern states. I-XI. .. Philadelphia, 1905-23 url p. 105, p. 135, p. 197, p. 303, p. 327, p. 346, p. 349, p. 384, p. 400, p. 52, p. 61.
- Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url , p. 120.
- Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1882- url p. 169.
- Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 140.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 2.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 110, p. 21, p. 23, p. 56.
- The Conchologist. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891-1893. url p. 177.
- The Illinois glacial lobe / by Frank Leverett. Washington [D.C.]: U.S. Geological Survey, 1899. url p. 169.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 114, p. 160, p. 21, p. 22, p. 29, p. 30, p. 35, p. 35, p. 35, p. 42, p. 43, p. 43, p. 55, p. 55, p. 61, p. 64, p. 64, p. 71, p. 77, p. 77, p. 89, p. 89, p. 9, p. 9, p. 91, p. 91.
- The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. Des moines, Iowa: The Academy, [1889-1987] url p. 109.
- The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States / Leslie Hubricht. 24 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url map 33-34 , p. 189, p. 67, p. 7, p. iii.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 105, p. 163.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687878
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76870
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76870
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510407
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,436.030 meters (4,711.385 feet), Standard Deviation = 805.410 based on 33 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
