Ariophanta

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|image_caption = Ariophanta interrupta

|taxon= Ariophanta

|authority= Des Moulins, 1829

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  • 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

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Ariophanta is a genus of terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.{{WoRMS |db=MolluscaBase |title=Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829 |id=995732 |access-date=2021-06-13 }}

The shell is sinistral or left-handed in its coiling.

File:Ariophanta laevipes shell.jpg.]]

Species

Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. [https://archive.org/details/molluscatestacel00blaniala Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae]. Taylor & Francis, London, 311 pp., [https://archive.org/stream/molluscatestacel00blaniala#page/24/mode/2up page 25]–30.

File:Ariophanta weinkauffiana (MNHN-IM-2000-27780) 001.jpeg

Species in the genus Ariophanta include:

:Taxa inquirenda:

  • Ariophanta duplocincta Möllendorff, 1897
  • Ariophanta huberi Thach, 2018 (debated synonym)
  • Ariophanta trifasciata (Chemnitz)

Distribution

This genus is endemic to India.

References

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  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017