| Zonitoides nitidopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides |
| Species: | Z. nitidopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851) | |
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Zonitoides nitidopsis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
Description
The altitude of the shell attains 4 mm (0.16 in), its diameter 7 mm (0.28 in).
(Original text in Latin) The thin, amber shell is perforated, convex-depressed, glabrous, brown, ribbed and marked with small striae. It contains four barely convex whorls. The last whorl is concave. The aperture is lunate-circular. The peristome is acute and thin.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides nitidopsis (Morelet, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447649 on 2023-12-09
- Morelet, A. (1851). Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Zonitoides nitidopsis | |