Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Vitrea
Characterisation
Troglophile?
Distribution
Europe, Iceland, Madeira, Azores, N Africa, Asia Minor, Caucasus
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Erfon, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Erfoi
  • Spilaio Geraniou, Riedel 1977, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Gerani
  • Spilaio Agiou Andrea, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Monemvasia / Closest settlement: Ano Kastania
  • Spilaio Kaiadas, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Sparti / Closest settlement: Trypi
  • Varathro Votsos Agiou Charalampous, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Fournon Korseon / Closest settlement: Chrysomilia
  • Varathro Megalos Votsos, Riedel 1992, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Fournon Korseon / Closest settlement: Fournoi
IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
Species references
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
  • Riedel, A. 1977. Materialien zur Kenntnis der Zonitidae (Gastropoda). IX-XI. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 33 (24): 495-515.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026