Batillaria zonalis

Batillaria zonalis is a species of small sandy shore snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.

Batillaria zonalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Batillariidae
Genus: Batillaria
Species:
B. zonalis
Binomial name
Batillaria zonalis
(Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithium zonale Bruguière, 1792
  • Lampania aterrima Dunker, 1877[2]

Distribution
Aggregation of Batillaria zonalis and Clithon oualaniense in situ.

References
  1. OBIS : Batillaria zonalis
  2. (in Latin) Dunker W. (1877). "Mollusca nonnulla nova maris Japonici". Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 67-75, page 70.
  3. (in Japanese) Batillaria zonalis Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 17 October 2009

Further reading
  • Driscoll A. L. (1972). "Structure and function of the alimentary tract of Batillaria zonalis and Cerithidea californica: style-bearing mesogastropods". Veliger 14: 375–386.
  • (2005) "Phylogeography of the endangered tideland snail Batillaria zonalis in the Japanese and Ryukyu Islands". Ecological Research doi:10.1007/s11284-005-0082-5
  • (2004) "The effect of feeding behavior of the gastropods Batillaria zonalis and Cerithideopsilla cingulata on their ambient environment". abstract
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