''Ariophanta'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

s in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family

Ariophantidae Ariophantidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the Taxonomy of ...

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

Species

'' Ariophanta laevipes'' is the

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of the genus ''Ariophanta''. Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. ''

The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma ''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books t ...

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Mollusca. ''Testacellidae and Zonitidae''
Taylor & Francis, London, 311 pp.
page 25
��30. 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) * '' Ariophanta trangensis'' Thach & F. Huber, 2020 :Taxa inquirenda: * ''Ariophanta duplocincta'' Möllendorff, 1897 * ''Ariophanta huberi'' Thach, 2018 (debated synonym) * ''Ariophanta trifasciata'' (Chemnitz)

Distribution

This genus is endemic to

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References

The article incorporates public domain text from the reference. * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Jousseaume F. (1894). Mollusques recueillis à Ceylan par M. E. Simon, et révision générale des espèces terrestres et fluvio-lacustres de cette ile. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 7: 264-330

Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis.
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