Galapagos Species Database
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Zonitoides arboreus
Shell depressed, of about 4.5 moderately convex and regularly increasing whorls; translucent olive buff; glossy in appearance but weakly sculptured with growth wrinkles an extremely faint, minute spiral striae, the base smoother; umbilicus about 0.2 of shell diameter; aperture deeply lunate, wider than high; columella scarcely reflected; peristome thin; protoconch of 1.5 whorls, smooth but for microscopic growth lines and spiral striae at periphery; up to 3 mm high by 6 mm in diameter (Barker 1999).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Zonitoidea
Family
Zonitidae
Genus
Zonitoides
Species
arboreus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal Island, in agricultural areas. First record for Galápagos (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
- Baker, H.B. (1941) Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Parts 3-4 Bulletin Bernice P. Bishop Museum 166: 205-370
- Miquel, S.E. Herrera, W.H. (2014) Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galapagos (exept Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of Ambrosiella odhner (Achatinellidae) Molluskenfunde 143 (2) 107-133
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"Galapagos Species Database, Zonitoides arboreus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15568. Accessed 6 August 2025.