Zonitoides kirbyi

Zonitoides kirbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Zonitoides
Species:	Z. kirbyi
Binomial name
Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974

Zonitoides kirbyi is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. ^[1]

Description

The altitude of the shell attains 3.4 mm (0.13 in), its diameter 6.3 mm (0.25 in).

Distribution

This species was originally found in Schulze Cave approximately 28 miles northeast of Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas, USA. Since then it has also been found above the soil surface (epigeal), about the mouth of caves or under logs.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides kirbyi R. W. Fullington, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1351707 on 2023-12-09

• InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project.

External links

• Fullington, R. W. (1974). Two new land gastropods from Texas (Zonitoides and Stenotrema). The Nautilus. 88(4): 91-93, figs. 1-13