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 air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks 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. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995732 on 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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