Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Iravadiidae > Genus Hyala

Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hyala*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cingula nikolarianae*	Oberling, 1970	synonym
*Hyala mediterranea*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Onoba vitrea*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: doorschijnende spiraalhoren sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: translucent hyala; translucent spire shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Durchscheinendes Spiralhorn

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Landau, B. M. & Mulder, H. (2022). Additions and corrections to the gastropod fauna of the Pliocene of Estepona, south-western Spain, 5. Basteria. 86(2): 153-173.
additional source	Ponder, W. F. (1984). A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia. 25(1): 21-71.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140129