Zonites santoriniensis
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| Zonites santoriniensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
The altitude of the shell varies between 17 mm and 23 mm; its diameter between 25 mm and 37 mm.
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