''Zonitoides'' is a
genus of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...
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Distribution
The distribution of ''Zonitoides'' includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.
"Genus summary for ''Zonitoides''"
AnimalBase, last modified 22 January 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zonitoides'' include:
* ''Zonitoides arboreus
''Zonitoides arboreus'', commonly known as the quick gloss snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
Distribution
The native distribution of ''Z. arboreus'' is ...
'' (Say, 1817)
* '' Zonitoides excavatus'' (Alder, 1830)
*Zonitoides hoffmanni
''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. (Martens, 1892)Zonitoides jaccetanicus
''Zonitoides jaccetanicus'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
Distribution
''Zonitoides jaccetanicus'' is endemic to Montserrat mountain near Barcelona ...
'' (Bourguignat, 1870)
*'' Zonitoides multivolvis'' (Pilsbry, 1926)
Anatomy
Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.
References
External links
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Gastrodontidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot