Poecilozonites is a genus of land pulmonary snails. It is endemic to Bermuda , which, according to recent estimates, it settled about 300 thousand years ago. Shells of this genus make up about 95% of the fossils found on these islands.
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Links
- Gould, Stephen Jay Allometry in Pleistocene land snails from Bermuda: The influence of size upon shape , Journal of Paleontology , v. 40 p. 1131-1141.
- Gould, Stephen Jay (December, 1969) An Evolutionary Microcosm: Pleistocene and recent history of the land snail P. (Poecilozonites) in Bermuda , Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology , v. 138 (7) P. 407-532.
- Gould, Stephen Jay (September 1969) Land Snail Communities and Pleistocene Climates in Bermuda: a Multivariate Analysis of Microgastropod Diversity , Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention , p. 486-521.
- The Royal Gazette, December 21, 1999, p. 1, 7.8