Zonites algirus

Species of snail

Zonites algirus
shell of Zonites algirus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. algirus
Binomial name
Zonites algirus
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix algira Linnaeus, 1758
  • Zonites (Zonites) algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Zonites anthesi Kobelt, 1903 junior subjective synonym
  • Zonites cytherae E. von Martens, 1891 (junior synonym)

Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropodmollusk in the family Zonitidae.[2]

Distribution

Distribution

This species occurs in Turkey,[3] southern France and other areas.

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002911 on 2023-11-28
  3. ^ Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 29: 75-78. Summary at "I collected at this station with my friend Teri Varnali". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
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  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata
  • Martens, E. von. (1891). Eine neue Art von Zonites von der Insel Cerigo. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1891 (7): 148. Berlin
  • Kobelt, W. (1903). Diagnosen neuer Arten. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 35(5/6): 88-91. Frankfurt am Main
  • Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14
Taxon identifiers
Zonites algirus


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