Zebrina fasciolata is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Enidae.[1]

Zebrina fasciolata
Shell of Zebrina fasciolata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Zebrina
Species:
Z. fasciolata
Binomial name
Zebrina fasciolata
(Olivier, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Buliminus hebraicus L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus fasciolatus Olivier, 1801 (original combination)
  • Bulimus fasciolatus var. maior Charpentier, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus fasciolatus var. piochardi Heynemann, 1870 (suspected synonym)
  • Bulimus unicolor L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (invalid; not Krynicki, 1833)
  • Zebrina (Zebrina) fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)
  • Zebrina (Zebrina) fasciolata fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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Distribution

This species occurs in Turkey and on islands in the Aegean Sea (Rhodos) and on Cyprus.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebrina fasciolata (Olivier, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002093 on 2023-11-04
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
  • Bank, R. A. & Menkhorst, H. P. M. G. (1992). Notizen zur Familie Enidae, 4. Revision der griechischen Arten der Gattungen Ena, Zebrina, Napaeopsis und Turanena (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pupilloidea). Basteria. 56 (4/6): 105–158. Leiden
  • Heller, J. (1976). The taxonomy and distribution of the Enidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) of the Aegean Islands. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 42 (3): 371–393. London
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