Zonites caricus

Zonites caricus
	Shell of Zonites caricus
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Zonitoidea
Family:	Zonitidae
Genus:	Zonites
Species:	Z. caricus
Binomial name
	Zonites caricus; (J. R. Roth, 1839)
Synonyms
	Helix carica J. R. Roth, 1839 (original name); Zonites lycicus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895 junior subjective synonym; Zonites rollei Kobelt, 1895 junior subjective synonym (junior synonym);

Zonites caricus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.^[1]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Turkey.

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites caricus (J. R. Roth, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002912 on 2023-11-28

Roth, J. R. (1839). Molluscorum species, quas in itinere per Orientem facto comites clariss. Schubert doctores M. Erdl et J.R. Roth collegerunt. Dissertatio inauguralis. 26 pp., pl. 1‑2.
Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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