Zonites santoriniensis

Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.

Zonites santoriniensis
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
Subgenus:
Zonites
Species:
Z. santoriniensis
Binomial name
Zonites santoriniensis
Riedel & Norris, 1987[2]

Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct.[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.[1]

References
  1. Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
  2. Riedel A. & Norris A. (1987). "An undescribed species of Zonites from the Island of Santorini, Greece". Journal of Conchology 32(6): 377-378, plate 1. London.
  • "Species summary for Zonites santoriniensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen.


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