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Separating Vertigo substriata
Vertigo substriata (Jeffreys, 1833)
Description Shell short and barrel-shaped with the penultimate whorl often slightly wider than the body whorl. Mouth edge thin, not strongly reflected: a slight transverse thickening just behind the lip. Aperture with 5 - 6 teeth; 2 parietal, 1 - 2 columellar, 2 palatal. Shell pale brown with very fine regular striations.
Habitat: Damp places; woods, marshes, lake margins.
Shell more elongate; sculpture relatively smooth.
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