Zonitoides nitidus

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Zonitoides nitidus
Zonitoides nitidus
Zonitoides nitidus
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species: Z. nitidus
Binomial name
Zonitoides nitidus
(Müller, 1774)

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

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Description

shell of Zonitoides nitidus

The height of the shell is 3.5 mm, and the width is 6 mm.

Distribution and biotope

Distribution: Europe, North America.

Biotope: wetlands.

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 4 March 2007.
  2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/zonitoides-nitidus/
  4. ^ http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/55.shtml

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