Zospeum
Encyclopedia
Zospeum is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae
, the salt marsh
snails.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....
, the salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
snails.
Species
Species within the genus Zospeum include:- Zospeum allegrettii Conci, 1956
- Zospeum alpestre (Freyer, 1855)
- Zospeum amoenum (Frauenfeld, 1856)
- Zospeum bellesi E. Gittenberger, 1973
- Zospeum biscaienseZospeum biscaienseZospeum biscaiense is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. This species is endemic to Spain.-References:...
Gómez & Prieto, 1983 - Zospeum cariadeghense Allegretti, 1944
- Zospeum exiguum Kušcer, 1932
- Zospeum frauenfeldi (Freyer, 1855)
- Zospeum galvagnii Conci, 1956
- Zospeum globosum Kušcer, 1928
- Zospeum isselianum Pollonera, 1887
- Zospeum kusceri A.J. Wagner, 1912
- Zospeum lautum (Frauenfeld, 1854)
- Zospeum obesum (Frauenfeld, 1854)
- Zospeum pretneri Bole, 1960
- Zospeum schaufussi Frauenfeld, 1862
- Zospeum spelaeum (Rossmässler, 1839)
- Zospeum suarezi E. Gittenberger, 1980
- Zospeum subobesum Bole, 1974
- Zospeum turriculatum Allegretti, 1944