Vitrea subrimata is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

The umbilicus is very narrow but is present (difference to Vitrea diaphana).

The columellar margin is pointed and slightly protruded and covers the umbilicus only very weakly.

The shell is very variable, except the characteristic form of the columellar margin at the umbilicus.

[5] This species occurs in countries and islands including: This species can be found in humid mountain forests under leaf litter, stones or in crevices, usually on calcareous substrate, rocks and rock rubble, up to 2600 m. In Bulgaria it is recorded from 2000 m, in England also in open habitats, between 250 and 600 m.