''Ariophanta'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family
Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution ...
.
[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]
The shell is sinistral or left-handed in its coiling.
Species
''
Ariophanta laevipes'' is the
type species
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of the genus ''Ariophanta''.
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Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae
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Species in the genus ''Ariophanta'' include:
* ''
Ariophanta albata''
(W. T. Blanford, 1880)
* ''
Ariophanta ammonia''
(Deshayes, 1850)
* ''
Ariophanta basilessa''
(Benson, 1865)
* ''
Ariophanta basileus''
(Benson, 1861)
* ''
Ariophanta beddomei''
(W. T. Blanford, 1874)
* ''
Ariophanta belangeri''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''
Ariophanta bistrialis''
(H. Beck, 1837)
* ''
Ariophanta bombayana''
(Grateloup, 1840)
* ''
Ariophanta canarica''
W. T. Blanford, 1901
* ''
Ariophanta crossei''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
* ''
Ariophanta cysis''
(Benson, 1852)
* ''
Ariophanta danae''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
* ''
Ariophanta gassii''
W. T. Blanford, 1901
* ''
Ariophanta himalana''
(I. Lea, 1834)
* ''
Ariophanta immerita''
(W. T. Blanford, 1870)
* ''
Ariophanta innata''
Fulton, 1905
* ''
Ariophanta intumescens''
(W. T. Blanford, 1866)
* ''
Ariophanta kadapaensis''
(Nevill, 1878)
* ''
Ariophanta laevipes''
(O. F. MĂĽller, 1774)
* ''
Ariophanta laidlayana''
(Benson, 1856)
* ''
Ariophanta maderaspatana''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''
Ariophanta prionotropis''
(Möllendorff, 1898)
* ''
Ariophanta promiscua''
(E. A. Smith, 1893)
* ''
Ariophanta semirugata''
(Beck, 1837)
* ''
Ariophanta sisparica''
(W. T. Blanford, 1866)
* ''
Ariophanta solata''
(Benson, 1848)
* ''
Ariophanta thyreus''
(Benson, 1852)
* ''
Ariophanta tongkingensis''
(Möllendorff, 1902)
* ''
Ariophanta trangensis''
Thach & F. Huber, 2020
:Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Ariophanta duplocincta''
Möllendorff, 1897
* ''Ariophanta huberi''
Thach, 2018 (debated synonym)
* ''Ariophanta trifasciata''
(Chemnitz)
Distribution
This genus is endemic to
India
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.
References
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* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
Further reading
''Studies on the Reproductive Tract of Ariophanta maderaspatana (Gray) (Mollusca: Pulmonata)''
External links
Jousseaume F. (1894). Mollusques recueillis à Ceylan par M. E. Simon, et révision générale des espèces terrestres et fluvio-lacustres de cette ile. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 7: 264-330Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis.
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