Zonites santoriniensis

Zonites santoriniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Zonites
Species:
†Z. santoriniensis
Binomial name
†Zonites santoriniensis
Riedel & Norris, 1987[2]

Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.

Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct. It went extinct during the Minoan Eruption.[1]

Description

The altitude of the shell varies between 17 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.


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