Zonitoides

Zonitoides
Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862
Synonyms
Alienitor Iredale, 1937 (junior synonym) Hyalina (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 superseded combination Hyalinia (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 (superseded generic combination) Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928 Zonitoides (Elliottius) Pilsbry, 1946 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Pseudohyalus) H. B. Baker, 1929 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Ventricallus) Pilsbry, 1946 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Ventridens) W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Zonitellus) H. B. Baker, 1928 (junior synonym) Zonitoides (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 · alternate representation

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. 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)
• 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.

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