Victaphanta

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Victaphanta
Victaphanta atramentaria.jpg
Victaphanta atramentaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Rhytidinae
Genus: Victaphanta
Iredale, 1933
Synonyms
  • MelavitrinaIredale, T. 1933

Victaphanta is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rhytididae. [1]

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Distribution

This genus is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria and Tasmania

Species

Species within the genus Victaphanta include:

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