Micrarionta

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Micrarionta
Micrarionta rufocincta.jpg
Micrarionta rufocincta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Tribe: Helminthoglyptini
Genus: Micrarionta
Ancey, 1880 [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Epiphragmophora (Micrarionta) Ancey, 1880
  • Micrarionta (Micrarionta) Ancey, 1880
  • Micrarionta (Nicolenea) B. Roth, 1996

Micrarionta is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Micrarionta:

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References

  1. Ancey C. M. F. (1880). Le Naturaliste1(42): 334.