Zonites embolium

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
Z. embolium
Binomial name
Zonites embolium
Fuchs & Käufel, 1936[2]

Zonites embolium is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.[3]

Subspecies

  • Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997, that was endemic to Dodecanese Islands, is considered to be extinct.[4]
  • Zonites embolium embolium A. Fuchs & Käufel, 1936

Distribution

distribution

Greece

References

  1. ↑ Triantis, K. (2017). "Zonites embolium. The IUN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T171211A85578264". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171211A85578264.en. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ↑ (in German) Fuchs A. & Käufel F. (1936). "Anatomische und systematische Untersuchungen an Land- und Süßwasserschnecken aus Griechenland und von den Inseln des Ägäischen Meeres". Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Abteilung B, Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Zeitschrift für Systematische Zoologie) (Neue Folge) 5(4): 541-662. Leipzig.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites embolium A. Fuchs & Käufel, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003084 on 2023-12-02
  4. ↑ Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.


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