Zonites messenicus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]
Zonites messenicus | |
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Shell of Zonites messenicus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Zonitoidea |
Family: | Zonitidae |
Genus: | Zonites |
Species: | Z. messenicus
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Binomial name | |
Zonites messenicus Zilch, 1965
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Description
editThe altitude of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species was found in the Peloponnese, Greece
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites messenicus Zilch, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001397 on 2023-12-02
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
edit- A. Riedel, Die Gattung Zonites Montfort auf dem Peloponnes (Gastropoda, Zonitidae); Fragmenta Faunistica, 1978
- AnimalBase: Zonites messenicus