Zonites smyrnensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]
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| Shell of Zonites smyrnensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Zonitoidea |
| Family: | Zonitidae |
| Genus: | Zonites |
| Species: | Z. smyrnensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonites smyrnensis (J. R. Roth, 1839)
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix smyrnensis J. R. Roth, 1839 (original name) | |
Description edit
The altitude of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm; its diameter between 20 mm and 32 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was found in Southwest Turkey
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites smyrnensis (J. R. Roth, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002913 on 2023-12-03
- Roth, J. R. (1839). Molluscorum species, quas in itinere per Orientem facto comites clariss. Schubert doctores M. Erdl et J.R. Roth collegerunt. Dissertatio inauguralis. 26 pp., pl. 1‑2
- Germain, L. (1936). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles d'Asie-Mineure. In: Voyage zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Asie-Mineure (Avril-Mai 1912), Tome premier, seconde et dernière partie. 1–492, pl. 1–17. Paris
- Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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