Zonitoides

Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.^[2]

Zonitoides
Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862[1]
Synonyms
Alienitor Iredale, 1937 (junior synonym) Hyalina (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 superseded combination Hyalinia (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 (superseded generic combination) Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928 Zonitoides (Elliottius) Pilsbry, 1946 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Pseudohyalus) H. B. Baker, 1929 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Ventricallus) Pilsbry, 1946 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Ventridens) W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869 · alternate representation Zonitoides (Zonitellus) H. B. Baker, 1928 (junior synonym) Zonitoides (Zonitoides) Lehmann, 1862 · alternate representation

Distribution

The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.^[3] Also in Australia (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island).

Species

Species within the genus Zonitoides include:

• Zonitoides apertus Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904
• † Zonitoides apneus (Bourguignat, 1881)
• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
• † Zonitoides cesseyensis Schlickum, 1975
• † Zonitoides choukoutienensis (Ping, 1929)
• † Zonitoides cretaceus Yen, 1969
• Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1858)
• Zonitoides excavatus (Alder, 1830)
• Zonitoides glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892)
• Zonitoides hoffmanni (Martens, 1892)^[4]
• Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)
• Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974
• Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)
• Zonitoides multivolvis (Pilsbry, 1926)^[4]
• Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851)
• Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774) - type species
• Zonitoides notabilis (Sykes, 1897)
• Zonitoides ostauri Pilsbry, 1926
• Zonitoides patuloides (Pilsbry, 1895)
• † Zonitoides pellati (Deshayes, 1863)
• † Zonitoides schaireri Schlickum, 1978
• † Zonitoides sepultus Ložek, 1964
• † Zonitoides silvanus Wenz, 1924
• † Zonitoides subradiatulus (Łomnicki, 1886)
• † Zonitoides suevicus (Jooss, 1918)
• Zonitoides tehuantepecensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1870)
• † Zonitoides wenzi (Royo Gómez, 1928)

Anatomy

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