''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

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 ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in 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 ...

. These snails are restricted to

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. Twenty five species are recognized.

Species

* '' Cryptozona albata'' (W.T. Blanford, 1880) * '' Cryptozona basilessa'' (W.H. Benson, 1865) * '' Cryptozona belangeri'' (G.P. Deshayes) * ''

Cryptozona bistrialis ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (H.H. Beck, 1837) * ''

Cryptozona ceraria ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Spe ...

'' (W.H. Benson, 1853) * '' Cryptozona ceylanica'' (L. Pfeiffer) * '' Cryptozona chenui'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) * ''

Cryptozona chrysoraphe ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' O.F. von Möllendorff * ''

Cryptozona crossei ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) * ''

Cryptozona danae ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) * ''

Cryptozona dohrniana ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer) * ''

Cryptozona granulosa ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (O.F. von Möllendorff) * ''

Cryptozona inflata ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (O.F. von Möllendorff) * ''

Cryptozona juliana ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (J.E. Gray, 1834) * ''

Cryptozona ligulata ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (A.E.J. Férussac, 1821) * ''

Cryptozona maderaspatana ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' (J.E. Gray, 1834) * ''

Cryptozona menglunensis ''Cryptozona'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. Twenty five species are recognized. Species * '' Cryptozona ...

'' C. Chen, S.P. Zhang & X.T. Ma, 1995 * '' Cryptozona naninoides'' (W.H. Benson) * '' Cryptozona novella'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) * '' Cryptozona pharangensis'' (O.F. von Möllendorff, 1901) * '' Cryptozona promiscua'' (E.A. Smith, 1895) * '' Cryptozona rugosissima'' O.F. von Möllendorff, 1903 * '' Cryptozona semirugata'' (H.H. Beck, 1837) * '' Cryptozona sisparica'' (W.T. Blanford, 1866) * '' Cryptozona solata'' (W.H. Benson, 1848)

References

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