Zonitoides choukoutienensis is an extinct species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Zonitoides |
| Species: | †Z. choukoutienensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zonitoides choukoutienensis (Ping, 1929)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Helix choukoutienensis Ping, 1929 superseded combination | |
Distribution edit
This species was originally found in Heibei, China
References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
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