Zonitoides choukoutienensis

Zonitoides choukoutienensis is an extinct species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[1]

Zonitoides choukoutienensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. choukoutienensis
Binomial name
Zonitoides choukoutienensis
(Ping, 1929)
Synonyms

Helix choukoutienensis Ping, 1929 superseded combination

Distribution

This species was originally found in Heibei, China

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides choukoutienensis (Ping, 1929) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330226 on 2023-12-10
  • Ping, C. (1929). Fossil Terrestrial Gastropods from North China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B. 6(5): 1-30.
  • Yen, T.-C. (1943). Review and summary of Tertiary and Quaternary non-marine mollusks of China. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 95: 267–309.


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