Biology:Zonites smyrnensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zonites smyrnensis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.390531 - Zonites smyrnensis (Roth, 1839) - Zonitidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Zonites smyrnensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Zonitoidea
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. smyrnensis
Binomial name
Zonites smyrnensis
(J. R. Roth, 1839)
Synonyms

Helix smyrnensis J. R. Roth, 1839 (original name)

Zonites smyrnensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]

Description

The altitude of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm; its diameter between 20 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

distribution

This species was found in Southwest Turkey

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites smyrnensis (J. R. Roth, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002913 on 2023-12-03
  • Roth, J. R. (1839). Molluscorum species, quas in itinere per Orientem facto comites clariss. Schubert doctores M. Erdl et J.R. Roth collegerunt. Dissertatio inauguralis. 26 pp., pl. 1‑2
  • Germain, L. (1936). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles d'Asie-Mineure. In: Voyage zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Asie-Mineure (Avril-Mai 1912), Tome premier, seconde et dernière partie. 1–492, pl. 1–17. Paris
  • Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14754785 entry