Zonitoides Lehmann 1862

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.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Zonitoides include:

• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
• Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
• Zonitoides hoffmanni (Martens, 1892)^[3]
• Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
• Zonitoides multivolvis (Pilsbry, 1926)^[3]
• Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
• Zonitoides sepultus Ložek, 1964

Anatomy

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

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