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Zonites is a genus of mostly small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.
The genus Zonites, which includes 26 extant species, is distributed in the northeastern Mediterranean area and exhibits significant diversity and endemism.




Description


The shell of species in this genus is more or less transparent, subdepressed and contains an umbilicus. The aperture is semilunar and usually lacks teeth. The outer lip is thin and sharp.
The animal is elongate and is able to retract completely within its shell. It has a more or less developed caudal mucous pit. The mantle lobes are small and not reflected on to the shell. The genital orifice is somewhat distant from the right tentacle. The jaw is marked by a median rostrum. The lateral teeth of the radula are bicuspidate, while the marginal teeth are sharp and narrowly unicuspidate.




Species


Species within the genus Zonites include:

Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
Zonites anaphiensis Riedel & Mylonas, 1981
Zonites astakidae Riedel, 1985
† Zonites beckerplateni Schütt, 1985
Zonites beydaglariensis A. Riedel, 1982
† Zonites boisteli Depéret, 1895
Zonites caricus (Roth, 1839)
Zonites casius Martens, 1889
Zonites chloroticus (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Zonites embolium Fuchs & Käufel, 1936
Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 - extinct
Zonites euboeicus Kobelt, 1878
Zonites festai Pollonera, 1916
Zonites goldfussi Westerlund, 1890
Zonites graecus Kobelt, 1876
Zonites humilis Riedel, 1982
Zonites invitus Riedel & Mylonas, 1995
Zonites kobelti Boettger, 1898
Zonites labiosus Westerlund, 1893
Zonites messenicus Zilch, 1965
Zonites nautarum Riedel & Mylonas, 1995
Zonites nikariae Pfeffer, 1930
Zonites nisyrius Riedel & Mylonas, 1997
Zonites oertzeni Martens, 1889
Zonites osmanicus Riedel, 1987
Zonites parnonensis Riedel, 1985
Zonites pergranulatus Kobelt, 1878
Zonites rhodius Martens, 1889
Zonites santoriniensis Riedel & Norris, 1987 - extinct
Zonites sariae Riedel, 1985
† Zonites siphnicus Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 - extinct
Zonites smyrnensis (Roth, 1839)
In the course of time many species have been included in the genus Zonites that have become taxa inquirenda or synonyms that now belong to different other genera.




References



Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017




External links



Montfort P. (Denys de). (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1
Hesse, P. (1910). Kritische Fragmente. VIII. Helix granulata Roth. IX. Das Genus Zonites Montf. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 42(4): 165-169. Frankfurt am Main
Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig
Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Zonites
• Zonites sariae
• Zonites pergranulatus
• Zonites parnonensis
• Zonites astakidae
• Zonites humilis
• Zonites rhodius
• Zonites chloroticus
• Zonites siphnicus
• Zonites nisyrius