Zonitoides pellati is an extinct species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[1]

Zonitoides pellati
Shell of Zonitoides pellati (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. pellati
Binomial name
Zonitoides pellati
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms

Helix pellati Deshayes, 1863 superseded combination

Distribution

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This species was originally found in Eocene strata about Épernay, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides pellati (Deshayes, 1863) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1165240 on 2023-12-10
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
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