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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. Also in Australia (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island).




Species


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)
Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974
Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895)
Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)
Zonitoides multivolvis (Pilsbry, 1926)
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


Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.




References



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


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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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Zonitoides
• Zonitoides nitidus
• Zonitoides tehuantepecensis
• Gastropoda
• Zonitoides arboreus
• Zonitoides pellati
• Zonitoides nitidopsis
• Zonitoides hoffmanni
• Zonitoides jaccetanicus
• Zonitoides kirbyi