Vitrea schuetti L. Pintér, 1972

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Vitrea

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Ntaveli, Pinter 1972, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli

Comments

Widely distributed, particularly in the east, on the mainland. Possibly also in NW Turkey.

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• 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
• Pinter, L. 1972. Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in dem Balkanländern (Gastropoda Zonitidae). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 29 (8): 209-315.
• Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Vitrea schuetti L. Pintér, 1972. 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