Ariophanta

Ariophanta
Ariophanta interrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade

Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Subfamily: Ariophantinae
Genus: Ariophanta
Des Moulins, 1829

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.

This is a monotypic genus.

Species

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

Species in the genus Ariophanta include:

Distribution

This genus is endemic to India.

References

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Further reading

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