Zonitoides
| Zonitoides | |
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| Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides , 1862[1] |
Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.
Distribution[]
The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.[2]
Species[]
Species within the genus Zonitoides include:
- Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
- Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
- (Martens, 1892)[3]
- Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
- (Pilsbry, 1926)[3]
- Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
- Ložek, 1964
Anatomy[]
Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.
References[]
- ^ Lehmann R. 1862. Ueber eine neue Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
Media related to Zonitoides at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Gastrodontidae