Ariophanta
| Ariophanta | |
|---|---|
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| Ariophanta interrupta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariophantinae |
| Genus: | Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829 |
Ariophanta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. The shell is sinistral or left-handed in its coiling.
This is a monotypic genus.
A shell of Ariophanta laevipes.
Species
Ariophanta laevipes is type species of the genus Ariophanta.[1]
Species in the genus Ariophanta include:
Distribution
This genus is endemic to India.
References
The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]
- 1 2 Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae. Taylor & Francis, London, 311 pp., page 25-30.
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