''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in 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 ...
. These snails are restricted to
South India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...
and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
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
''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Ś ...
''
(H.H. Beck, 1837)
* ''
Cryptozona sisparica''
(W.T. Blanford, 1866)
* ''
Cryptozona solata''
(W.H. Benson, 1848)
References
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