Zonites santoriniensis

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Zonites santoriniensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. santoriniensis
Binomial name
Zonites santoriniensis
Riedel & Norris, 1987 [2]

Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.

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Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct. It went extinct during the Minoan Eruption. [1]

Description

The altitude of the shell varies between 17 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 Conservation139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
  2. Riedel A. & Norris A. (1987). "An undescribed species of Zonites from the Island of Santorini, Greece". Journal of Conchology32(6): 377-378, plate 1. London.