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Zonitoides
Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Gastrodontidae
Genus:
Zonitoides

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:

Anatomy

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

References

  1. ^ Lehmann R. 1862. Ueber eine neue Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112.
  2. ^ "Genus summary for Zonitoides". AnimalBase, last modified 22 January 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.
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