Ariophanta

Ariophanta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. The shell is sinistral or left-handed in its coiling.

A shell of Ariophanta laevipes.

Ariophanta
Ariophanta interrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Ariophanta
Des Moulins, 1829
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ariophanta (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829· accepted, alternate representation
  • Ariophanta (Celectella) Schileyko, 2002· accepted, alternate representation
  • Euplectella Jousseaume, 1894
  • Helix (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829 (original rank)
  • Nanina (Ariophanta) Des Moulins, 1829

Species

Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.[1]

Ariophanta weinkauffiana(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

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. Müller, 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)

Distribution

This genus is endemic to India.

References

The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae. Taylor & Francis, London, 311 pp., page 25–30.

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