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

The width, as seen from above, is around 2.3-2.6 times that of the penultimate whorl.

The first whorls are denser arranged than in Vitrea subrimata.

The aperture, as seen from above, is weakly curved (Nautilus-like protruded).

There is no umbilicus This species differs from Vitrea diaphana in its wider body whorl and its Nautilus-like protruded aperture (in Vitrea diaphana straight).