Zonites santoriniensis
Zonites santoriniensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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.
Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct. It went extinct during the Minoan Eruption.[1]
Description
[edit]The altitude of the shell varies between 17 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 37 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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 Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
- ^ Riedel A. & Norris A. (1987). "An undescribed species of Zonites from the Island of Santorini, Greece". Journal of Conchology 32(6): 377-378, plate 1. London.
External links
[edit]- "Species summary for Zonites santoriniensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen.