''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails,

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pulmonate gastropod

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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 ...

. These snails are restricted to

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and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized.

Species

* '' Cryptozona albata'' (W.T. Blanford, 1880) * '' Cryptozona basilessa'' (W.H. Benson, 1865) * '' Cryptozona belangeri'' (G.P. Deshayes) * '' Cryptozona bistrialis'' (H.H. Beck, 1837) * '' Cryptozona ceraria'' (W.H. Benson, 1853) * '' Cryptozona ceylanica'' (L. Pfeiffer) * '' Cryptozona chenui'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) * '' Cryptozona chrysoraphe'' O.F. von Möllendorff * '' Cryptozona crossei'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) * '' Cryptozona danae'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) * '' Cryptozona dohrniana'' (L. Pfeiffer) * '' Cryptozona granulosa'' (O.F. von Möllendorff) * '' Cryptozona inflata'' (O.F. von Möllendorff) * '' Cryptozona juliana'' (J.E. Gray, 1834) * '' Cryptozona ligulata'' (A.E.J. Férussac, 1821) * '' Cryptozona maderaspatana'' (J.E. Gray, 1834) * '' Cryptozona menglunensis'' C. Chen, S.P. Zhang & X.T. Ma, 1995 * '' Cryptozona naninoides'' (W.H. Benson) * '' Cryptozona novella'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) * '' Cryptozona pharangensis'' (O.F. von Möllendorff, 1901) * '' Cryptozona promiscua'' (E.A. Smith, 1895) * '' Cryptozona rugosissima'' O.F. von Möllendorff, 1903 * '' Cryptozona semirugata'' (H.H. Beck, 1837) * '' Cryptozona sisparica'' (W.T. Blanford, 1866) * '' Cryptozona solata'' (W.H. Benson, 1848)

References

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