Zonites embolium
| Zonites embolium | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Z. embolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonites embolium Fuchs & Käufel, 1936[1] | |
Zonites embolium is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.
The subspecies Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997, that was endemic to Dodecanese Islands, is considered to be extinct.[2]
Distribution
References
- ↑ (German) Fuchs A. & Käufel F. (1936). "Anatomische und systematische Untersuchungen an Land- und Süßwasserschnecken aus Griechenland und von den Inseln des Ägäischen Meeres". Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Abteilung B, Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Zeitschrift für Systematische Zoologie) (Neue Folge) 5(4): 541-662. Leipzig.
- ↑ 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.
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