Zonitidae
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 Shell of the species Oxychilus cellarius
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Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
They are part of the suborder Stylommatophora.
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[edit] Habitat
These snails live in damp places under stones etc.
[edit] Life habits
The true glass snails are usually nocturnal.
[edit] Shell description
The shells of these snails are flattened in shape with a very low spire. They are transparent as if made of glass, hence the popular name glass snails. The shells are colorless or an amber to brownish color.
[edit] Genera within the family Zonitidae
- Poecilozonites - Bermuda land snail
- Vitrea
- Aegopis
- Aegopinella
- Perpolita
- Oxychilus
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