Zonites algirus

{{Short description|Species of snail}}

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| image = Zonites algirus MHNT.ZOO.2005.0.181.jpg

| image_caption = shell of Zonites algirus

| taxon =Zonites algirus

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).

| synonyms =

  • Helix algira Linnaeus, 1758
  • Zonites (Zonites) algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Zonites anthesi Kobelt, 1903 junior subjective synonym
  • Zonites cytherae E. von Martens, 1891 (junior synonym)

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Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Zonitidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002911 on 2023-11-28

Distribution

File:Zonites-algirus-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg

This species occurs in Turkey,Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 29: 75-78. Summary at {{cite web|url=http://home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary/Zalgirus.htm |title=I collected at this station with my friend Teri Varnali |access-date=August 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720092306/http://www.home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary/Zalgirus.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }} southern France and other areas.

References

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  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa