Zonitoides kirbyi
| Zonitoides kirbyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides |
| Species: | Z. kirbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974
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Zonitoides kirbyi is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. [1]
Description[edit]
The altitude of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 6.3 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species was originally found in Schulze Cave approximately 28 miles northeast of Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas, USA. Since then it has also been found above the soil surface (epigeal), about the mouth of caves or under logs.
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1351707 on 2023-12-09
- InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project.