Zonitoides pellati

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

Zonitoides pellati
Shell of Zonitoides pellati (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. pellati
Binomial name
Zonitoides pellati
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms

Helix pellati Deshayes, 1863 superseded combination

Distribution

This species was originally found in Eocene strata about Épernay, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonitoides pellati (Deshayes, 1863) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1165240 on 2023-12-10
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.


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