Zonitoides lateumbilicatus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. [1]
| Zonitoides lateumbilicatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides |
| Species: | Z. lateumbilicatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gastrodonta (Pseudohyalina) lateumbilicata Pilsbry, 1895 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe altitude of the shell attains 1.4 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm.
(Original description) The shell resembles Pseudohyalina limatula (synonym of Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840) ) in color, texture and sculpture, but it is much depressed. The upper surface is almost flat, the last whorl has a much smaller calibre, the umbilicus is very much wider, shallow. And its cavity is widely open and saucer-shaped, much as in Helicodiscus lineatus (Say, 1817) (synonym of Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821)). [2]
Distribution
editThis calcifile species is found in eastern Kentucky and northeastern Alabama, USA.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides lateumbilicatus (Pilsbry, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352211 on 2023-12-09
- ^ Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). New forms of American shells. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102
- InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project.
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