Zonitoides

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Zonitoides
Zonitoides arboreus.jpg
Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Lehmann, 1862[1]

Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Zonitoides include:

Anatomy

Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.

References

  1. ^ Lehmann R. 1862. Ueber eine neue Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112.
  2. ^ "Genus summary for Zonitoides". AnimalBase, last modified 22 January 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.

External links

  • Media related to Zonitoides at Wikimedia CommonsError: "Q3168481" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.