Ariophanta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Genus: | Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829 |
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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.
Species
Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.[1]
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Species in the genus Ariophanta include:
- Ariophanta albata (W. T. Blanford, 1880)
- Ariophanta ammonia (Deshayes, 1850)
- Ariophanta basilessa (Benson, 1865)
- Ariophanta basileus (Benson, 1861)
- Ariophanta beddomei (W. T. Blanford, 1874)
- Ariophanta belangeri (Deshayes, 1832)
- Ariophanta bistrialis (H. Beck, 1837)
- Ariophanta bombayana (Grateloup, 1840)
- Ariophanta canarica W. T. Blanford, 1901
- Ariophanta crossei (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Ariophanta cysis (Benson, 1852)
- Ariophanta danae (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
- Ariophanta gassii W. T. Blanford, 1901
- Ariophanta himalana (I. Lea, 1834)
- Ariophanta immerita (W. T. Blanford, 1870)
- Ariophanta innata Fulton, 1905
- Ariophanta intumescens (W. T. Blanford, 1866)
- Ariophanta kadapaensis (Nevill, 1878)
- Ariophanta laevipes (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Ariophanta laidlayana (Benson, 1856)
- Ariophanta maderaspatana (Gray, 1834)
- Ariophanta prionotropis (Möllendorff, 1898)
- Ariophanta promiscua (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Ariophanta semirugata (Beck, 1837)
- Ariophanta sisparica (W. T. Blanford, 1866)
- Ariophanta solata (Benson, 1848)
- Ariophanta thyreus (Benson, 1852)
- Ariophanta tongkingensis (Möllendorff, 1902)
Distribution
This genus is endemic to India.
References
The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]
- ^ a b 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.
Further reading
- Studies on the Reproductive Tract of Ariophanta maderaspatana (Gray) (Mollusca: Pulmonata)[permanent dead link]
External links
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