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The shell is translucent, yellowish-white, with 6.25–7 whorls which are densely and coarsely radially striated. The spire is low, broadly conical and elevated. The last whorl is angled at its periphery. The aperture is straight, moderately wide. In funnel perspective, the upper whorls are visible inside. The umbilicus is wide with a diameter of 0.75–1.05 mm, which represents approx. 1/5 of the shell’s diameter. The diameter of the last whorl width is less than 2 × the diameter of the penultimate whorl (Dlw 0.65–0.8 mm; Dpw 0.5–0.6 mm). The height of the shell is 2–2.35 mm. According to Welter-Schultes (2012), the shell of Vitrea kutschigi resembles the shell of the freshwater snail Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758), while the shell of Vitrea ulrichi sp. n. is lens-like (Fig. 2).
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Dilian Georgiev, Ivailo Dedov
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Georgiev D, Dedov I (2014) Contribution to the knowledge of the Bulgarian species of the genus Vitrea (Gastropoda, Pristilomatidae) with the description of a new species ZooKeys 396: 1–11
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Dilian Georgiev
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