Zonitoides
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| Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862[1] |
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Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.[3] Also in Australia (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island).
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Zonitoides include:
- Zonitoides apertus Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904
- † Zonitoides apneus (Bourguignat, 1881)
- Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
- † Zonitoides cesseyensis Schlickum, 1975
- † Zonitoides choukoutienensis (Ping, 1929)
- † Zonitoides cretaceus Yen, 1969
- Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1858)
- Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
- Zonitoides glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892)
- Zonitoides hoffmanni (Martens, 1892)[4]
- Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
- Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974
- Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)
- Zonitoides multivolvis (Pilsbry, 1926)[4]
- Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851)
- Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
- Zonitoides notabilis (Sykes, 1897)
- Zonitoides ostauri Pilsbry, 1926
- Zonitoides patuloides (Pilsbry, 1895)
- † Zonitoides pellati (Deshayes, 1863)
- † Zonitoides schaireri Schlickum, 1978
- † Zonitoides sepultus Ložek, 1964
- † Zonitoides silvanus Wenz, 1924
- † Zonitoides subradiatulus (Łomnicki, 1886)
- † Zonitoides suevicus (Jooss, 1918)
- Zonitoides tehuantepecensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1870)
- † Zonitoides wenzi (Royo Gómez, 1928)
Anatomy[edit]
Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.
References[edit]
- ^ Lehmann R. 1862. Ueber eine neue Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818641 on 2023-12-03
- ^ "Genus summary for Zonitoides". AnimalBase, last modified 22 January 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.
- ^ a b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
- Lehmann, R. 1862. Ueber eine neve Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112
- Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Academy of Natural Sciences Philadadelphia, Monograph 2(2): 521-1113
- Bishop, M.J. 1978. Zonitoides arboreus (Say) (Pulmonata : Zonitidae) introduced into Australia and the identity of Alienator Iredale. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 7-8
External links[edit]
- Iredale, T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 8(4): 287-333
- Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press. 389 pp
- Baker, H. B. (1930). Gender in generic names. The Nautilus. 43(4): 139-140.
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