''Ariophanta interrupta'' is a

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in the family Ariophantidae. The visible external soft parts of the animal are pinkish grey in color.

Shell description

The shell of this species is left-handed (sinistral). The shell is not flatly convex above, rather coarsely, obliquely, plicately striated and decussated with fine impressed lines, the decussation is sometimes obsolete, more tumid and smoother beneath. The shell color is brownish horny, darker below the periphery, and gradually becoming paler again beneath. The shell has 4½-5 whorls, convex above, the last augulate at the periphery. Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. ''

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Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae
'. Taylor & Francis, London
page 31
The aperture is roundly lunate. The peristome is thin. The width of the shell is 22–32 mm. The height is 15-16-17 mm.

Distribution

This species lives in

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and Ganges region. Tryon G. W. 1886. ''Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata
Volume 2
Zonitidae.'' Philadelphia.

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4790782 Ariophantidae Gastropods described in 1834 Taxa named by William Henry Benson