Zonites algirus
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| shell of Zonites algirus | |
| 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 |
| Species: | Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] |
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Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropodmollusk in the family Zonitidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Turkey[2] and other areas.
References
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ↑ Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 29: 75-78. Summary at http://home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary/Zalgirus.htm
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