Zonites nisyrius is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Zonitoidea |
| Family: | Zonitidae |
| Genus: | Zonites |
| Species: | Z. nisyrius
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonites nisyrius A. Riedel & Mylonas, 1997
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Description
editThe altitude of the shell varies between 20 mm and 25 mm; its diameter between 14 mm and 17 mm.
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Distribution
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This species was found on island Nysiros, Greece.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites nisyrius A. Riedel & Mylonas, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001400 on 2023-12-02
- Riedel, A. & Mylonas, M.A. (1997). Neue Angaben über einige Zonites-Arten von den griechischen Inseln, nebst Beschreibung neuer Taxa (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Zonitidae). Malakologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 18 (2, 14): 153–164. Dresden
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
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