Zonites chloroticus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]
Zonites chloroticus | |
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Shell of Zonites chloroticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Zonitoidea |
Family: | Zonitidae |
Genus: | Zonites |
Species: | Z. chloroticus
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Binomial name | |
Zonites chloroticus E. von Martens, 1889
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Synonyms | |
Helix chlorotica L. Pfeiffer, 1852 (original combination) |
- Subspecies
- Zonites chloroticus chloroticus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Zonites chloroticus polycrates E. von Martens, 1889
Description
editThe shell measures 27.05 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites chloroticus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003502 on 2023-11-29
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Zonites chloroticus.
- Pfeiffer, L. (1852). Neue Heliceen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 8 (8): 127-128. Cassel
- AnimalBase: Zonites chloroticus