Zonitoides
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Zonitoides is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 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...

s, 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...

 gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata ....

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Distribution

The distribution of Zonitoides includes: North America, eastern and northern Asia, and Europe.

Species

Species within the genus Zonitoides include:
  • Zonitoides arboreus
    Zonitoides arboreus
    Zonitoides arboreus is species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.-Distribution:The native distribution of Zonitoides arboreus includes:* North America...

    (Say, 1817)
  • Zonitoides excavatus
    Zonitoides excavatus
    Zonitoides excavatus is a European species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.-Distribution:Distribution of Zonitoides excavatus include:...

    (Alder, 1830)
  • Zonitoides jaccetanicus
    Zonitoides jaccetanicus
    Zonitoides jaccetanicus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.- Distribution :...

    (Bourguignat, 1870)
  • Zonitoides nitidus
    Zonitoides nitidus
    Zonitoides nitidus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.Zonitoides nitidus is the type species of the genus Zonitoides.-Distribution:...

    (Müller, 1774) - type species
    Type species
    In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...

  • Zonitoides sepultus Ložek, 1964
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