Vertigo pusilla
Distribution and status
Widespread but local.Widespread but local, reaching the Artic circle in Scandinavia.
Ecology and behaviour
Rather dry places. Most typically on or at the base of ivy-covered stone walls, usually shaded by trees but also recorded from rocks, ground litter in open woodland, hedge banks, natural cliffs and occasionally in fixed sand dunes.
Taxon version key
[NHMSYS0020528317]
Typically 2.0 x 1.1 mm. 6 - 9 very prominent apertural teeth almost filling the aperture; sculpture smooth with irregular growth lines.