Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Zonitidae.[2]

Zonites algirus
shell of Zonites algirus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. algirus
Binomial name
Zonites algirus
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix algira Linnaeus, 1758
  • Zonites (Zonites) algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Zonites anthesi Kobelt, 1903 junior subjective synonym
  • Zonites cytherae E. von Martens, 1891 (junior synonym)

Distribution

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Distribution

This species occurs in Turkey,[3] southern France and other areas.

References

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  1. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002911 on 2023-11-28
  3. Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 29: 75-78. Summary at "I collected at this station with my friend Teri Varnali". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
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