Zonites algirus

Zonites algirus
shell of Zonites algirus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade "Limacoid clade"
Superfamily: Zonitoidea
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species: Zonites algirus
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix algira Linnaeus, 1758

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Turkey[2] 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. ↑ Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 29: 75-78. Summary at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.


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