Zonites
Zonites is a genus of mostly small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.
The genus Zonites, which includes 26 extant species, is distributed in the northeastern Mediterranean area and exhibits significant diversity and endemism.
Description
The shell of species in this genus is more or less transparent, subdepressed and contains an umbilicus. The aperture is semilunar and usually lacks teeth. The outer lip is thin and sharp.The animal is elongate and is able to retract completely within its shell. It has a more or less developed caudal mucous pit. The mantle lobes are small and not reflected on to the shell. The genital orifice is somewhat distant from the right tentacle. The jaw is marked by a median rostrum. The lateral teeth of the radula are bicuspidate, while the marginal teeth are sharp and narrowly unicuspidate.
Species
Species within the genus Zonites include:Zonites algirus - type speciesZonites anaphiensis Riedel & Mylonas, 1981Zonites astakidae Riedel, 1985- † Zonites beckerplateni Schütt, 1985Zonites beydaglariensis A. Riedel, 1982
- † Zonites boisteli Depéret, 1895 Zonites caricus Zonites casius Martens, 1889Zonites chloroticus Zonites embolium Fuchs & Käufel, 1936
- * Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 - extinctZonites euboeicus Kobelt, 1878Zonites festai Pollonera, 1916Zonites goldfussi Westerlund, 1890Zonites graecus Kobelt, 1876Zonites humilis Riedel, 1982Zonites invitus Riedel & Mylonas, 1995Zonites kobelti Boettger, 1898Zonites labiosus Westerlund, 1893Zonites messenicus Zilch, 1965Zonites nautarum Riedel & Mylonas, 1995Zonites nikariae Pfeffer, 1930Zonites nisyrius Riedel & Mylonas, 1997Zonites oertzeni Martens, 1889Zonites osmanicus Riedel, 1987Zonites parnonensis Riedel, 1985Zonites pergranulatus Kobelt, 1878Zonites rhodius Martens, 1889Zonites santoriniensis Riedel & Norris, 1987 - extinctZonites sariae Riedel, 1985
- † Zonites siphnicus Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 - extinctZonites smyrnensis