Zonitoides arboreus

Zonitoides arboreus
Two live individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on orchid plants in a greenhouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. arboreus
Binomial name
Zonitoides arboreus
(Say, 1816)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLaughlin, 1954
  • Helix arborea Say, 1817 (original combination)
  • Helix arboreus Say, 1817 (original combination, incorrect...)
  • Helix attonis L. Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Helix breweri Newcomb, 1864
  • Helix lyndhurstensis J. C. Cox, 1868 junior subjective synonym
  • Hyalina arborea (Say, 1817) superseded combination
  • Hyalina arborea var. viridula Cockerell, 1888
  • Hyalina bryodes (Shuttleworth, 1854) (junior synonym)
  • Hyalina roseni Lindholm, 1911
  • Hyalinia (Polita) roseni Lindholm, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Hyalinia (Polita) roseni f. subrosea Lindholm, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Vitrea arborea (Say, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
  • Zonites arboreus (Say, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
  • Zonites bryodes Shuttleworth, 1854 (junior synonym)
  • Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
  • Zonitoides (Zonitellus) azoricus A. Riedel, 1964 (junior synonym)
  • Zonitoides (Zonitoides) arboreus (Say, 1817) alternate representation
  • Zonitoides arborea [sic] incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
  • Zonitoides bermudensis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909 (junior synonym)

Zonitoides arboreus, commonly known as the quick gloss snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[2]

  1. ^ Say T. (1817). Conchology. pp. [unpaginated], 4 pl., in: Nicholson, W. American edition of the British encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition. Philadelphia. Mitchell & Ames.
  2. ^ "Zonitoides arboreus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2021.