Zonitoides jaccetanicus
| Zonitoides jaccetanicus | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides |
| Subgenus: | Zonitoides |
| Species: | Z. jaccetanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonitoides jaccetanicus (Bourguignat, 1870)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Zonites Jaccetanicus Bourguignat, 1870 | |
Zonitoides jaccetanicus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
Distribution
Zonitoides jaccetanicus is endemic to Montserrat mountain near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[3] It is a rare species, possibly endemic to Catalonia.[3] The species has declined due to construction activities in the growing city of Barcelona.[3]
Description
The shell is evenly horny-brownish, fragile and transparent, finely striated on the upper side, nearly smooth on the lower side.[3] The shell has 5 weakly convex whorls with pronounced suture.[3] The upper side is flattened.[3] Lower side is convex.[3] The last whorl is not much wider than penultimate whorl.[3] The aperture is oblique. The apertural margin is straight.[3] Umbilicus is relatively narrow.[3]
The width of the shell is 4–5 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 2.6-3.4 mm.[3]
The shell is very much like that of Zonitoides arboreus, but slightly larger.[3] There are however anatomical differences between the two species.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Zonitoides jaccetanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Bourguignat J. R. (1870). "Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée (2)22: 14-30, 87-97, 166-171. Paris.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Species summary for Zonitoides jaccetanicus". AnimalBase, last modified 18 September 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.