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Zonitidae, the Glossary

Index Zonitidae

Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 73 relations: Aegopinella, Aegopis, Aegopis verticillus, Agriolimacidae, Allaegopis, AnimalBase, Aperture (mollusc), Ariophantidae, Balcanodiscus, Boettgerilla, Brazieria, Chromosome, Chronidae, Cladogram, Common name, Cretaceous, Doraegopis, Dyakiidae, Eopolita, Euconulidae, Family (biology), Gastrodontidae, Gastrodontoidea, Gastropod shell, Gastropoda, Genus, George Washington Tryon, Glyphyalinia, Gollumia, Helicarionidae, Helicarionoidea, Journal of Biogeography, Land snail, Limacidae, Limacoidea, Limacoidei, Love dart, Meledella, Mesomphix, Milacidae, Mollusca, Nocturnality, Northern Hemisphere, Ogaridiscus, Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch, Oxychilidae, Palearctic realm, Paleocene, Paraegopis, Paravitrea, ... Expand index (23 more) »

  2. Extant Paleocene first appearances

Aegopinella

Aegopinella is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.

See Zonitidae and Aegopinella

Aegopis

Aegopis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae, the true glass snails.

See Zonitidae and Aegopis

Aegopis verticillus

Aegopis verticillus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae, the true glass snails.

See Zonitidae and Aegopis verticillus

Agriolimacidae

Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium-sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

See Zonitidae and Agriolimacidae

Allaegopis

Allaegopis is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Allaegopis

AnimalBase

AnimalBase is a project brought to life in 2004 and is maintained by the University of Göttingen, Germany.

See Zonitidae and AnimalBase

Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where the head-foot part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.

See Zonitidae and Aperture (mollusc)

Ariophantidae

Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Ariophantidae

Balcanodiscus

Balcanodiscus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Balcanodiscus

Boettgerilla

Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.

See Zonitidae and Boettgerilla

Brazieria

Brazieria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.

See Zonitidae and Brazieria

Chromosome

A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

See Zonitidae and Chromosome

Chronidae

Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.

See Zonitidae and Chronidae

Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

See Zonitidae and Cladogram

Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

See Zonitidae and Common name

Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

See Zonitidae and Cretaceous

Doraegopis

Doraegopis is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Doraegopis

Dyakiidae

Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Dyakiidae

Eopolita

Eopolita is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Oxychilidae.

See Zonitidae and Eopolita

Euconulidae

Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.

See Zonitidae and Euconulidae

Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

See Zonitidae and Family (biology)

Gastrodontidae

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Gastrodontidae

Gastrodontoidea

Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.

See Zonitidae and Gastrodontoidea

Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc.

See Zonitidae and Gastropod shell

Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

See Zonitidae and Gastropoda

Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

See Zonitidae and Genus

George Washington Tryon

George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

See Zonitidae and George Washington Tryon

Glyphyalinia

Glyphyalinia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Glyphyalinia

Gollumia

Gollumia is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Pristilomatidae.

See Zonitidae and Gollumia

Helicarionidae

Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.

See Zonitidae and Helicarionidae

Helicarionoidea

Helicarionoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Limacoidei.

See Zonitidae and Helicarionoidea

Journal of Biogeography

The Journal of Biogeography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in biogeography that was established in 1974.

See Zonitidae and Journal of Biogeography

Land snail

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails.

See Zonitidae and Land snail

Limacidae

Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.

See Zonitidae and Limacidae

Limacoidea

Limacoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing land slugs and snails.

See Zonitidae and Limacoidea

Limacoidei

The Limacoidei is a taxonomic infraorder of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina.

See Zonitidae and Limacoidei

Love dart

A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create.

See Zonitidae and Love dart

Meledella

Meledella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Meledella

Mesomphix

Mesomphix is a genus of terrestrial gastropods belonging to the family Gastrodontidae.

See Zonitidae and Mesomphix

Milacidae

Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs.

See Zonitidae and Milacidae

Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.

See Zonitidae and Mollusca

Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

See Zonitidae and Nocturnality

Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

See Zonitidae and Northern Hemisphere

Ogaridiscus

Ogaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Ogaridiscus

Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch

Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (his last name also spelled Mørch) (17 May, 1828 – 25 January, 1878) was a Danish zoologist who was known for his work in malacology, the study of molluscs.

See Zonitidae and Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch

Oxychilidae

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

See Zonitidae and Oxychilidae

Palearctic realm

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth.

See Zonitidae and Palearctic realm

Paleocene

The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).

See Zonitidae and Paleocene

Paraegopis

Paraegopis is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Paraegopis

Paravitrea

Paravitrea is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae, the true glass snails.

See Zonitidae and Paravitrea

Parmacellidae

Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Parmacellidae

Parmacelloidea

Parmacelloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora and the informal group Pulmonata.

See Zonitidae and Parmacelloidea

Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

See Zonitidae and Phylogenetics

Pierre Denys de Montfort

Pierre Denys de Montfort, also spelt Pierre Dénys de Montfort, (1766–1820) was a French naturalist, in particular a malacologist, remembered today for his pioneering inquiries into the existence of the gigantic octopuses.

See Zonitidae and Pierre Denys de Montfort

Ploidy

Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.

See Zonitidae and Ploidy

Pristilomatidae

Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

See Zonitidae and Pristilomatidae

Pulmonata

Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills.

See Zonitidae and Pulmonata

Retinella

Retinella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.

See Zonitidae and Retinella

Spire (mollusc)

A spire is a part of the coiled shell of molluscs.

See Zonitidae and Spire (mollusc)

Staffordiidae

Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.

See Zonitidae and Staffordiidae

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater).

See Zonitidae and Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

Terrestrial mollusc

Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine molluscs.

See Zonitidae and Terrestrial mollusc

Trigonochlamydidae

Trigonochlamydidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Trigonochlamydidae

Trochomorphidae

Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Trochomorphidae

Troglaegopis

Troglaegopis is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Troglaegopis

Turcozonites

Turcozonites is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Turcozonites

Type genus

In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.

See Zonitidae and Type genus

Umbilicus (mollusc)

The umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned, hollow cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled mollusc shell.

See Zonitidae and Umbilicus (mollusc)

Urocyclidae

Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Urocyclidae

Ventridens

Ventridens is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.

See Zonitidae and Ventridens

Vitrinidae

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

See Zonitidae and Vitrinidae

Zonites

Zonites is a genus of mostly small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae.

See Zonitidae and Zonites

Zonitidae

Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Zonitidae and Zonitidae are Extant Paleocene first appearances.

See Zonitidae and Zonitidae

See also

Extant Paleocene first appearances

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonitidae

Also known as True glass snails, Zonitoidea.

, Parmacellidae, Parmacelloidea, Phylogenetics, Pierre Denys de Montfort, Ploidy, Pristilomatidae, Pulmonata, Retinella, Spire (mollusc), Staffordiidae, Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Terrestrial mollusc, Trigonochlamydidae, Trochomorphidae, Troglaegopis, Turcozonites, Type genus, Umbilicus (mollusc), Urocyclidae, Ventridens, Vitrinidae, Zonites, Zonitidae.