Zonitoides
Appearance
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Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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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:
- Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
- Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
- Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
- Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
- Zonitoides sepultus 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.
External links
Media related to Zonitoides at Wikimedia Commons