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Zonites festai

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Zonites festai
Shell of Zonites festai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Zonitoidea
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. festai
Binomial name
Zonites festai
Pollonera, 1916

Zonites festai is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Zonites festai anatolicus A. Riedel, 1982
  • Zonites festai festai Pollonera, 1916

Description

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The altitude of the shell attains 12 mm to-20 mm; its diameter 22 mm to 34 mm.

Distribution

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distribution

This species was found in Southwest Turkey

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites festai Pollonera, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003085 on 2023-12-03
  • 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