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Zonitoides elliotti

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Zonitoides elliotti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. elliotti
Binomial name
Zonitoides elliotti
(Redfield, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Helix elliotti Redfield, 1858 (original combination)
  • Ventridens elliotti (Redfield, 1856) - Pilsbry, 1949
  • Zonites elliotti (Redfield, 1858) (unaccepted combination)

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

Description

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The altitude of the shell ranges between 4 mm and 4.9 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm to 9 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in North America, specifically, it is native to the eastern United States (southern Appalachian Mountains, from West Virginia to northern Georgia and Alabama), found in leaf litter and among spongy logs.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352104 on 2023-12-07
  • Redfield, J.H. (1856). Descriptions of two new species of North American Helicidae. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 6: 170-172.
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