''Zonitoides'' is a

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s in the family

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Distribution

The distribution of ''Zonitoides'' includes

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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 ''Zonitoides nitidus'' (sometimes ''Zonitoides nitida''), also known as the shiny glass snail or black gloss, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrodontidae. It is the type ...

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* '' 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 A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcium carbonate, calcareous or chitinous Dart (missile), dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stor ...

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
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Baker, H. B. (1930). Gender in generic names. The Nautilus. 43(4): 139-140.
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