Zonitoides jaccetanicus

Zonitoides jaccetanicus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.

Zonitoides jaccetanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Gastrodontidae
Genus:
Zonitoides
Subgenus:
Zonitoides
Species:
Z. jaccetanicus
Binomial name
Zonitoides jaccetanicus
Synonyms

Zonites Jaccetanicus Bourguignat, 1870

Distribution

Zonitoides jaccetanicus is endemic to Montserrat mountain near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[3] It is a rare species, possibly endemic to Catalonia.[3] The species has declined due to construction activities in the growing city of Barcelona.[3]

Description

The shell is evenly horny-brownish, fragile and transparent, finely striated on the upper side, nearly smooth on the lower side.[3] The shell has 5 weakly convex whorls with pronounced suture.[3] The upper side is flattened.[3] Lower side is convex.[3] The last whorl is not much wider than penultimate whorl.[3] The aperture is oblique. The apertural margin is straight.[3] Umbilicus is relatively narrow.[3]

The width of the shell is 4–5 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 2.6-3.4 mm.[3]

The shell is very much like that of Zonitoides arboreus, but slightly larger.[3] There are however anatomical differences between the two species.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]

  1. Seddon, M.B. 2018. Zonitoides jaccetanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T23214A76142732. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T23214A76142732.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1870). "Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée (2)22: 14-30, 87-97, 166-171. Paris.
  3. "Species summary for Zonitoides jaccetanicus". AnimalBase, last modified 18 September 2009, accessed 3 September 2010.
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