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Zonites santoriniensis
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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

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.

Description

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

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Distribution

This species was endemic to Cyclades Islands, Greece.

References

1. ^ 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.

External links

• "Species summary for Zonites santoriniensis". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen.

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