# Zonites
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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Zonites graecus 01.JPG
| image_caption = Shell of ''Zonites graecus'' Kobelt, 1876
| taxon = Zonites
| authority = [Montfort](/source/Pierre_Denys_de_Montfort), 1810[[Montfort D. de](/source/Pierre_Denys_de_Montfort) (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.]
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* ''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)
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'''''Zonites''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of mostly small, air-breathing [land snail](/source/land_snail)s, [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusc)s in the family [Zonitidae](/source/Zonitidae).[Zonites, with the same type species
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The genus Zonites, which includes 26 extant species, is distributed in the northeastern Mediterranean area and exhibits significant diversity and endemism.
==Description==
The [shell](/source/Gastropod_shell) of species in this genus is more or less transparent, subdepressed and contains an [umbilicus](/source/Umbilicus_(mollusc)). The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) 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](/source/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](/source/tentacle). The jaw is marked by a median rostrum. The lateral teeth of the [radula](/source/radula) are bicuspidate, while the marginal teeth are sharp and narrowly unicuspidate.[[Tryon G. W.](/source/George_Washington_Tryon) (1886) ''[Manual of Conchology](/source/Manual_of_Conchology) Second series: Pulmonata.'' [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch02tryorich volume II]. Zonitidae.]
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Zonites'' include:[[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=290 "Species in genus ''Zonites''"]. [AnimalBase](/source/AnimalBase), accessed 22 June 2010.]
* ''[Zonites algirus](/source/Zonites_algirus)'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
* ''[Zonites anaphiensis](/source/Zonites_anaphiensis)'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1981
* ''[Zonites astakidae](/source/Zonites_astakidae)'' Riedel, 1985
* † ''[Zonites beckerplateni](/source/Zonites_beckerplateni)'' Schütt, 1985
* ''[Zonites beydaglariensis](/source/Zonites_beydaglariensis)'' A. Riedel, 1982
* † ''[Zonites boisteli](/source/Zonites_boisteli)'' Depéret, 1895
* ''[Zonites caricus](/source/Zonites_caricus)'' (Roth, 1839)
* ''[Zonites casius](/source/Zonites_casius)'' Martens, 1889
* ''[Zonites chloroticus](/source/Zonites_chloroticus)'' (Pfeiffer, 1851)
* ''[Zonites embolium](/source/Zonites_embolium)'' Fuchs & Käufel, 1936
** ''Zonites embolium elevatus'' Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 - extinct[Fontaine B., [Bouchet P.](/source/Philippe_Bouchet), 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].]
* ''[Zonites sariae](/source/Zonites_sariae)'' Riedel, 1985
* † ''[Zonites siphnicus](/source/Zonites_siphnicus)'' Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 - extinct