Ariophanta
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| Ariophanta interrupta | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| 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.
This is a monotypic genus.
Species
Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.[1]
Species in the genus Ariophanta include:
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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]