Zonitoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.[2]
Zonitoides | |
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Two individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Gastrodontidae |
Genus: | ZonitoidesLehmann, 1862[1] |
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The distribution of Zonitoides includes North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.[3] Also in Australia (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island).
Species within the genus Zonitoides include:
Species in this genus of snails make and use love darts.
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