Arianta

Arianta
Arianta arbustorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Clade:Eupulmonata
Clade:Stylommatophora
Informal group:Sigmurethra
Family:Helicidae
Subfamily:Ariantinae
Genus:Arianta
Turton, 1831

Arianta is a medium-sized genus of European land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.

Species of snails within this genus make and use calcareous love darts.

Species

Species within the genus Arianta include:

  • Arianta aethyops (Bielz, 1851)
  • Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Arianta chamaeleon (Pfeiffer, 1868)
  • Arianta schmidtii (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Arianta stenzii (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Arianta xatartii (Farines, 1834)

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