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Ariophanta

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Ariophanta
Ariophanta interrupta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Ariophanta
Des Moulins, 1829
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ariophanta (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829· accepted, alternate representation
  • Ariophanta (Celectella) Schileyko, 2002· accepted, alternate representation
  • Euplectella Jousseaume, 1894
  • Helix (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829 (original rank)
  • Nanina (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829

Ariophanta is a genus of terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.[1]

The shell is sinistral or left-handed in its coiling.

A shell of Ariophanta laevipes.

Species

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Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.[2]

Ariophanta weinkauffiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

Species in the genus Ariophanta include:

Taxa inquirenda:
  • Ariophanta duplocincta Möllendorff, 1897
  • Ariophanta huberi Thach, 2018 (debated synonym)
  • Ariophanta trifasciata (Chemnitz)

Distribution

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This genus is endemic to India.

References

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The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. ^ 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.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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