Zonitoides nitidopsis

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Zonitoides nitidopsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. nitidopsis
Binomial name
Zonitoides nitidopsis
(Morelet, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Helix nitidopsisMorelet, 1851
  • Zonitoides (Zonitellus) nitidopsis(Morelet, 1851)
  • Zonitoides (Zonitoides) nitidopsis(Morelet, 1851) · alternate representation

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

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Description

The altitude of the shell attains 4 mm (0.16 in), its diameter 7 mm (0.28 in).

(Original text in Latin) The thin, amber shell is perforated, convex-depressed, glabrous, brown, ribbed and marked with small striae. It contains four barely convex whorls. The last whorl is concave. The aperture is lunate-circular. The peristome is acute and thin. [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447649 on 2023-12-09
  2. Morelet, A. (1851). Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp