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Green Dome Snail
Zonitoides elliotti
Zonitoides elliotti, common name green dome, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
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Description
The height of the shell ranges between 4 and 4.9 mm (0.16 and 0.19 in), its diameter varies from 7.5 to 9 mm (0.30 to 0.35 in). "This shell, featuring a moderately narrow umbilicus, is depressed-orbicular, exhibiting fine transverse striations. Its coloration is a greenish horn, with a subtle translucence and a glossy interior. The spire is convex, though not significantly elevated. It comprises five moderately convex whorls, with the body whorl occasionally showing a slight depression at the aperture. The suture is deeply impressed. The aperture is markedly oblique and lunate-circular. The peristome is slightly sinuate, acute, and thickened internally."
Range & habitat
This species inhabits North America; it is native to the eastern United States (southern Appalachian Mountains, from West Virginia to northern Georgia and Alabama), found in leaf litter and among spongy logs.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 234005.