Ariophanta

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Ariophanta
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Ariophanta interrupta
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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
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ariophanta (Ariophanta)Des Moulins, 1829· accepted, alternate representation
  • Ariophanta (Celectella)Schileyko, 2002· accepted, alternate representation
  • EuplectellaJousseaume, 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]

Contents

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

A shell of Ariophanta laevipes. Ariophanta laevipes shell.jpg
A shell of Ariophanta laevipes .

Species

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

Ariophanta weinkauffiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863) (syntype at MNHN, Paris) Ariophanta weinkauffiana (MNHN-IM-2000-27780) 001.jpeg
Ariophanta weinkauffiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

Species in the genus Ariophanta include:

Taxa inquirenda:

Distribution

This genus is endemic to India.

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References

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. 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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