Vertigo elatior Sterki, 1894 (Tapered Vertigo)

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This website is for you to learn all about Vertigo elatior more commonly known as the tapered vertigo.  Within these pages you can search the tapered vertigo's latin name, habitat, characteristics, nutrition, reproduction, and interactions.  There are other links for you to access information about other snails such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and Land snails of Wisconsin. This website is a small piece of a larger project called MultipleOrganisms.net.  Search, explore, and discover the beauty of Vertigo elatior!


Figure 1
. Picture of a tapered                 
    vertigo (Perez 2011).                                 


                                                                         Latin Name