''Zonites sariae'' is a species of air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

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mollusk in the family

Zonitidae Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Zonitidae is the only family in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Th ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites sariae A. Riedel, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001403 on 2023-12-03

Description

The altitude of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm: its diameter between 22 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This species was found on the island

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References

* Riedel, A. (1985). Revision der Gattung Zonites Montfort (Gastropoda: Zonitidae): griechische Arten. Annales Zoologici, 39 (1): 1-67, pl. 1–9. Warszawa * Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

AnimalBase: Zonites sariae
sariae Gastropods described in 1985 {{Zonitidae-stub