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Zonitoides glomerulus

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Zonitoides glomerulus
Shell of Zonitoides glomerulus (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. glomerulus
Binomial name
Zonitoides glomerulus
(E. von Martens, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Hyalinia glomerula E. von Martens, 1892
  • Zonitoides (Zonitellus) glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892)
  • Zonitoides (Zonitoides) glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892) · alternate representation

Zonitoides glomerulus is a European species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. [1]

Description

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The diameter of the shell varies between 4.3 mm and 5 mm, its altitude 2 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell has a narrow umbilicus. It is globular subdepressed. It is shiny, white and transparent. The shell contains four convex whorls. There are no spiral striae. The suture is deep. The body whorl is subequally convex above and below, slightly bent anteriorly. The aperture is slightly oblique, lunate-subcircular, with the edges removed to insert into each other. The wide columella is arched. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Guatemala.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides glomerulus (E. von Martens, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447646 on 2023-12-07
  2. ^ Martens, E. von. (1890-1901). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Land and freshwater Mollusca. London: Francis & Taylor, xxviii + 706 pp., 44 pls.
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