Zonites

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Zonites graecus 01.JPG | image_caption = Shell of ''Zonites graecus'' Kobelt, 1876 | taxon = Zonites | authority = Montfort, 1810<ref>Montfort D. de (1810). ''Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles; offrant leurs figures, leur arrangement générique, leurs descriptions caractéristiques, leurs noms; ainsi que leur synonymie en plusieurs langues. Ouvrage destiné à faciliter l'étude des coquilles, ainsi que leur disposition dans les cabinets d'histoire naturelle. Coquilles univalves, non cloisonnées''. Tome second. pp. [1-3], 1-676. Paris.</ref> |synonyms_ref= |synonyms= * ''Helix (Zonites)'' Montfort, 1810 (considered a separate genus) * ''Tonites'' auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling) * ''Tragomma'' Held, 1838 junior objective synonym (junior objective synonym of ''Zonites'', with the same type species) * ''Verticillus'' Moquin-Tandon, 1848 * ''Zonites (Aegophthalmus)'' P. Hesse, 1910 * ''(Zonites)'' Montfort, 1810 · (no subgenera are recognized) |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Zonites''''' is a genus of mostly small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Zonites, with the same type species </ref>

The genus Zonites, which includes 26 extant species, is distributed in the northeastern Mediterranean area and exhibits significant diversity and endemism.

==Description== The shell of species in this genus is more or less transparent, subdepressed and contains an umbilicus. The aperture is semilunar and usually lacks teeth. The outer lip is thin and sharp.

The animal is elongate and is able to retract completely within its shell. It has a more or less developed caudal mucous pit. The mantle lobes are small and not reflected on to the shell. The genital orifice is somewhat distant from the right tentacle. The jaw is marked by a median rostrum. The lateral teeth of the radula are bicuspidate, while the marginal teeth are sharp and narrowly unicuspidate.<ref>Tryon G. W. (1886) ''Manual of Conchology Second series: Pulmonata.'' [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch02tryorich volume II]. Zonitidae.</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Zonites'' include:<ref>[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=290 "Species in genus ''Zonites''"]. AnimalBase, accessed 22 June 2010.</ref> * ''Zonites algirus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species * ''Zonites anaphiensis'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1981 * ''Zonites astakidae'' Riedel, 1985 * † ''Zonites beckerplateni'' Schütt, 1985 * ''Zonites beydaglariensis'' A. Riedel, 1982 * † ''Zonites boisteli'' Depéret, 1895 * ''Zonites caricus'' (Roth, 1839) * ''Zonites casius'' Martens, 1889 * ''Zonites chloroticus'' (Pfeiffer, 1851) * ''Zonites embolium'' Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 ** ''Zonites embolium elevatus'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 - extinct<ref name="Fontaine 2007"/> * ''Zonites euboeicus'' Kobelt, 1878 * ''Zonites festai'' Pollonera, 1916 * ''Zonites goldfussi'' Westerlund, 1890 * ''Zonites graecus'' Kobelt, 1876 * ''Zonites humilis'' Riedel, 1982 * ''Zonites invitus'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1995 * ''Zonites kobelti'' Boettger, 1898 * ''Zonites labiosus'' Westerlund, 1893 * ''Zonites messenicus'' Zilch, 1965 * ''Zonites nautarum'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1995 * ''Zonites nikariae'' Pfeffer, 1930 * ''Zonites nisyrius'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 * ''Zonites oertzeni'' Martens, 1889 * ''Zonites osmanicus'' Riedel, 1987 * ''Zonites parnonensis'' Riedel, 1985 * ''Zonites pergranulatus'' Kobelt, 1878 * ''Zonites rhodius'' Martens, 1889 * ''Zonites santoriniensis'' Riedel & Norris, 1987 - extinct<ref name="Fontaine 2007">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}}. [http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/hannelore.hoch/2010_target.pdf PDF].</ref> * ''Zonites sariae'' Riedel, 1985 * † ''Zonites siphnicus'' Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 - extinct<ref name="Fontaine 2007"/> * ''Zonites smyrnensis'' (Roth, 1839)

In the course of time many species have been included in the genus ''Zonites'' that have become taxa inquirenda or synonyms that now belong to different other genera.

==References== {{Reflist}} * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 Montfort P. (Denys de). (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15584317 Hesse, P. (1910). Kritische Fragmente. VIII. Helix granulata Roth. IX. Das Genus Zonites Montf. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 42(4): 165-169. Frankfurt am Main] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27411580 Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32630046 Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel.]

Category:Zonites Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Pierre Denys de Montfort