Zonitoides nitidus

Zonitoides nitidus
Two shells of Zonitoides nitidus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Zonitoides
Species:
Z. nitidus
Binomial name
Zonitoides nitidus
(Müller, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Helicella nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774) superseded combination
  • Helix hydrophyla Miles, 1861 (nomen nudum)
  • Helix nitida O. F. Müller, 1774 (original combination)
  • Hyalina (Euhyalina) yessoensis Reinhardt, 1877 (junior synonym)
  • Oxychilus lucidus (Draparnaud, 1801) junior subjective synonym
  • Zonites nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774) superseded combination
  • Zonitoides (Zonitoides) nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774) alternate representation
  • Zonitoides nitidus var. borealis Clessin, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Zonitoides subarboreus Pilsbry, 1902 (junior synonym)

Zonitoides nitidus (sometimes Zonitoides nitida), also known as the shiny glass snail or black gloss, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrodontidae.

It is the type species of the genus Zonitoides.