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 <small>Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904</small>
- â Zonitoides apneus <small>(Bourguignat, 1881)</small>
- Zonitoides arboreus <small>(Say, 1817)</small>
- â Zonitoides cesseyensis <small>Schlickum, 1975</small>
- â Zonitoides choukoutienensis <small>(Ping, 1929)</small>
- â Zonitoides cretaceus <small>Yen, 1969</small>
- Zonitoides elliotti <small>(Redfield, 1858)</small>
- Zonitoides excavatus <small>(Alder, 1830)</small>
- Zonitoides glomerulus <small>(E. von Martens, 1892)</small>
- Zonitoides hoffmanni <small>(Martens, 1892)</small>
- Zonitoides jaccetanicus <small>(Bourguignat, 1870)</small>
- Zonitoides kirbyi <small>R. W. Fullington, 1974</small>
- Zonitoides lateumbilicatus <small>(Pilsbry, 1895)</small>
- Zonitoides limatulus <small>(A. Binney, 1840)</small>
- Zonitoides multivolvis <small>(Pilsbry, 1926)</small>
- Zonitoides nitidopsis <small>(Morelet, 1851)</small>
- Zonitoides nitidus <small>(Müller, 1774)</small> - type species
- Zonitoides notabilis <small>(Sykes, 1897)</small>
- Zonitoides ostauri <small>Pilsbry, 1926</small>
- Zonitoides patuloides <small>(Pilsbry, 1895)</small>
- â Zonitoides pellati <small>(Deshayes, 1863)</small>
- â Zonitoides schaireri <small>Schlickum, 1978</small>
- â Zonitoides sepultus <small>LoÃ
¾ek, 1964</small>
- â Zonitoides silvanus <small>Wenz, 1924</small>
- â Zonitoides subradiatulus <small>(Ã
Âomnicki, 1886)</small>
- â Zonitoides suevicus <small>(Jooss, 1918)</small>
- Zonitoides tehuantepecensis <small>(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1870)</small>
- â Zonitoides wenzi <small>(Royo Gómez, 1928)</small>
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
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