Zebrina Explained

Zebrina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.[1]

Description

The solid shell is rimately perforated, oblong-conic or fusiformly cylindrical. The apex is horny and rather obtuse. The body whorl is shorter than the spire. The small aperture is obliquely oval. The peristome is straight, labiate within and dentate. The right margin is rather expanded. The columellar margin is reflexed and patulous.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Zebrina include:

Species brought into synonymy:

References

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebrina Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996239 on 2 November 2023
  2. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100489 Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I