Genus Bothriopupa
Genus Boysidia
Genus Chaenaxis
Genus Cylindrovertilla
Genus Gastrocopta
Genus Gyliotrachela
Genus Hypselostoma
Genus Lyropupa
Genus Negulus
Genus Ptychalaea
Genus Pupisoma
Genus Somniopupa
Genus Staurodon
Subfamily Vertigininae
Genus Vertigo
Subfamily Nesopupinae
Genus Nesopupa
Genus Sterkia
Subfamily Truncatellininae
Genus Columella
Genus Truncatellina
Nesopupa malayana
Shell very small,a little translucent,pale brown,surface glossy with radial ribs
and a pitted surface.The aperture has 5 small teeth.
Shell size:1.6-2.1 mm high,0.9-1.1 mm wide,4.5-5 whorls.
On Bali,India,Thailand,The Philippines,Java,Timor and Australia.Wide spread.
In coastal areas,but also further inland in forests,disturbed areas and on cliffs.
Nesopupa nannodes
Shell very small,thin,dark-brown,surface glossy with radial ribs.The aperture has
5 teeth.
Shell size:1.3-1.6 mm high,0.8-0.9 mm wide,4-4.5 whorls.
On Bali,Nusa Penida,Java and The Philippines in coastal habitats but also further
inland.In forests,disturbed areas on limestone soil or calcerous sand.
Pupisoma circumlitum
Shell very small,thin,transparent,pale brown,surface glossy with fine riblets.
Shell size:up 1.9 mm high,2.0 mm wide,up to 3.25 whorls.
On Bali,Malaysia to Australia in forests and disturbed areas on limestone
and volcanic soil..
Pupisoma orcella
Shell very small,thin,transparent,pale brown,surface glossy with widely spaced
ribs and finer riblets.Umbilicus closed to open.
Shell size:up to 2.0 mm high,2.1 mm wide,up 3.5 whorls.
On Nusa Penida,Thailand,Malaysia,Borneo,Philippines,,Java,Sumbawa and Tanimbar
Islands in forests and disturbed areas,and coastal areas on limestone and volcanic soil.
Pupisoma orcula
Shell very small,thin,transparent,pale brown,surface glossy with fine riblets.
Shell size:up to 2 mm high,1.8 mm wide,3.5 whorls.
On Bali,common in Africa,Asia,Pacific and Australia in forests,disturbed areas,
roadsides and coastal areas.
sub-family Truncatellinae
Columella edentula(Draparnaud,1805)
Shell:cylindrical,with 5,5-6,5 whorls.2,5-3 mm high x 1,3-1,5 mm wide.It is thin and
transparent,pale yellowish brown.
Habitat:swamps,woods,grasslands.
Area:Eurasia.
Columella columella(Martens,1830)
Shell:cylindrical,with 7,5 whorls.2,7-3,3 mm high x 1,3-1,5 mm wide.pale greenish,
it is fragile and transparent.
Habitat:wet grasslands,damp woods.In The Alps up to 2900 mtrs.
Area:North-Scandinavia,Swiss Alps,South-Germany.
Columella aspera(Waldén,1966)
Shell:like C.eduntula but shorter and wider,6 whorls.Greenish and less glossy than C.eduntula.
Habitat:woods,grasslands.
Area:Eurasia.
Truncatellina cylindrica(Férussac,1807)
Shell:cylindrical with 5,5-6 whorls.1,8-2 mm high x 0,9 mm wide,goldenbrown with
radial ribs.
Habitat:dry limestone areas,rocky slopes,sanddunes.
Area:South- and West-Europe.
Truncatellina callicratis(Scacchi,1833)
Shell:cylindrical,with 5,5-6 whorls.1,8-2 mm high x 0,9 mm wide.Usually with
3 teeth,but can be variable.
Habitat:dry limestone terrain
Area:South-Europe,around The Mediterranean,South-England.
Truncatella guerinii(Villa & Villa,1841)
Shell:cylindrical,height 6-10 mm x width 2-4 mm.
Habitat:in leaflitter close to the seashore.
Area:In the Indo-Pacific.
Vertigo pusilla(Müller)
Shell:elongate,sinistral with 5 whorls.2 mm high x 1,1 mm wide,6 to 9 teeth,
pale yellowish brown.
Habitat:dry places,between rocks,walls,leaflitter in parks.
Area:Widely spread.
Vertigo antivertigo(Draparnaud,1801)
Shell:oval with 5 whorls,2-2,2 mm high x 1,2 mm wide,mouth with 6-10 teeth,
dark chestnut brown.
Habitat:marshy places,along riverbanks and lakes.
Area:Eurasia.
Vertigo substriata(Jeffreys,1833)
Shell:elongate with 4,5 whorls and a deep suture.1,7 mm high x 1,1 mm wide,mouth with
5-6 teeth.Pale brown with fine radial ribs.
Habitat:damp places,woods,marshes,dunes,along lakes.
Area:Central- and North-Europe.
Vertigo pygmaea(Draparnaud,1801)
Shell:oval or elongate with 5 whorls.1,7-2,2 mm high x 1-1,2 mm wide,mouth with 4-7
teeth.Pale to dark brown.
Habitat:short grassland,dry limestone areas,in dunes,,also in damp places
Area:Europe,Eurasia and North-America.
Vertigo modesta(Say,1824)
Shell:elongate with 5 whorls and a deep suture,3 teeth.2,2-2,7 mm high x 1,4 mm wide.
Pale yellowish brown.
Habitat:damp,shadowy places in limestone mountains,under rocks and in leaflitter.
Area:North-America,Eurasia,Scandinavia and The Alps.
Vertigo ronnebyensis(Westerlund,1871)
Shell:like V.modesta but smaller and more cylindrical.
Habitat:in woods,in leaflitter,or between moss.
Area:North- and East-Europe.
Vertigo lilljeborgi(Westerlund,1871)
Shell:oval shaped with 5 whorls.1,9-2,2 mm high x 1,3 mm wide,mouth with 4 teeth.
Pale yellowish brown,thin and transparent.
Habitat:in marshy places along lakes and rivers.
Area:North-Europe.
Vertigo alpestris(Alder,1838)
Shell:cylindrical with 5 whorls.1,8-2 mm high x 1,2 mm wide,mouth with 3-4 teeth.
Pale yellowish brown,transparent.
Habitat:rocky slopes,old walls,on treetrunks.
Area:North-Europe,The Alps.
Vertigo angustior(Jeffreys,1830)
Shell:sinistral with 5 whorls.1,8 mm high x 0,9 mm wide,mouth with 5-6 teeth.
Pale yellowish brown,glossy.
Habitat:wet grasslands,dunes.
Area:Europe.
Vertigo elatior(Sterki,1894)
Shell:oval with 5 whorls and 5-7 denticles,the suture is deep.
Habitat:
Area:Canada,North-America.
Vertigo ovata(Say,1822)
Shell:oval,hight 2,5 mm,glossy and reddish-brown,7-9 denticles and a deep suture.
Habitat:marshes and wet places under leafs and logs.
Area:Canada,North-America,West-Indies.
image copyright:Robert Forsyth
image copyright:Robert Forsyth
image copyright:Robert Forsyth