Zonites labiosus
| Zonites labiosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Zonitoidea |
| Family: | Zonitidae |
| Genus: | Zonites |
| Species: | Z. labiosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonites labiosus Westerlund, 1893 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zonites kumanensis Pfeffer, 1930 | |
Zonites labiosus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[2]
Description
The altitude of the shell varies between 16 mm and 17 mm; its diameter between 23 mm and 27 mm.
The shell is relatively small, narrowly umbilicate, with a strongly elevated spire and a rounded periphery with only a weak, blunt keel. The aperture is nearly circular. A characteristic feature is broad, pale radial stripes that develop during periods of growth arrest, corresponding to internal shell thickenings known as "lips" (Lippen) a feature reflected in the species name labiosus (Latin: labium, lip).[3]
Distribution
This species is found in the mountains of the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, specifically in Achaia, Elis and Arcadia, where it is described as widely distributed and not uncommon.[3]
The type locality is Olenos (the Erymanthos mountain range on the border of Achaia and Elis), from where the species was first described by Westerlund in 1893.[3]
References
- ↑ "FRAGMENTA FAUNISTICA" (PDF).
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-04-12.
- 1 2 3 "FRAGMENTA FAUNISTICA" (PDF).
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
- A. Riedel, Die Gattung Zonites Montfort auf dem Peloponnes (Gastropoda, Zonitidae); Fragmenta Faunistica, 1978
- AnimalBase: Zonites labiosus