Zonitoides Explained

Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.^[2] Also in Australia (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island).

Species

Species within the genus Zonitoides include:

• Zonitoides apertus Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904
• † Zonitoides apneus (Bourguignat, 1881)
• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
• † Zonitoides cesseyensis Schlickum, 1975
• † Zonitoides choukoutienensis (Ping, 1929)
• † Zonitoides cretaceus Yen, 1969
• Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1858)
• Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
• Zonitoides glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892)
• Zonitoides hoffmanni (Martens, 1892)^[3]
• Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
• Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974
• Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)
• Zonitoides multivolvis (Pilsbry, 1926)
• Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851)
• Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
• Zonitoides notabilis (Sykes, 1897)
• Zonitoides ostauri Pilsbry, 1926
• Zonitoides patuloides (Pilsbry, 1895)
• † Zonitoides pellati (Deshayes, 1863)
• † Zonitoides schaireri Schlickum, 1978
• † Zonitoides sepultus Ložek, 1964
• † Zonitoides silvanus Wenz, 1924
• † Zonitoides subradiatulus (Łomnicki, 1886)
• † Zonitoides suevicus (Jooss, 1918)
• Zonitoides tehuantepecensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1870)
• † Zonitoides wenzi (Royo Gómez, 1928)

Anatomy

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

References

• Lehmann, R. 1862. Ueber eine neve Heliceen-Gattung. Malakozoologische Blätter 9: 111-112
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Academy of Natural Sciences Philadadelphia, Monograph 2(2): 521-1113
• Bishop, M.J. 1978. Zonitoides arboreus (Say) (Pulmonata : Zonitidae) introduced into Australia and the identity of Alienator Iredale. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 7-8

External links

• Iredale, T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 8(4): 287-333
• Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press. 389 pp
• Baker, H. B. (1930). Gender in generic names. The Nautilus. 43(4): 139-140.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818641 on 2023-12-03
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=165 "Genus summary for Zonitoides"
3. Barrientos. Zaidett. 2003. Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica.. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51. 293–304.