Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.
| Zonites santoriniensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Zonitidae |
| Genus: | Zonites |
| Species: | †Z. santoriniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zonites santoriniensis Riedel & Norris, 1987[2]
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Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct. It went extinct during the Minoan Eruption. [1]
Description edit
The altitude of the shell varies between 17 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 37 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Riedel A. & Norris A. (1987). "An undescribed species of Zonites from the Island of Santorini, Greece". Journal of Conchology 32(6): 377-378, plate 1. London.
External links edit
- "Species summary for Zonites santoriniensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen.
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