Zonites santoriniensis
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Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae
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Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae
Zonitidae
Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea....
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Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct.
Distribution
This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.External links
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1394