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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Helicarionoidea

Familia: Ariophantidae
Genus: Ariophanta
Species:
Name

Ariophanta

Primary references
Links

BHL bibliography
Ariophanta – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ariophanta.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Ariophanta is a genus of terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.[1]

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

Ariophanta laevipes is the type species of the genus Ariophanta.[2]
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)
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 India.
References

The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-06-13.

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.

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

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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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