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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: Cryptozona
Species:
Name

Cryptozona

Primary references
Links

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

Cryptozona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae.[1] These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Twenty five species are recognized.[3]
Species

Cryptozona albata (W.T. Blanford, 1880)
Cryptozona basilessa (W.H. Benson, 1865)
Cryptozona belangeri (G.P. Deshayes)
Cryptozona bistrialis (H.H. Beck, 1837)
Cryptozona ceraria (W.H. Benson, 1853)
Cryptozona ceylanica (L. Pfeiffer)
Cryptozona chenui (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Cryptozona chrysoraphe O.F. von Möllendorff
Cryptozona crossei (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Cryptozona danae (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Cryptozona dohrniana (L. Pfeiffer)
Cryptozona granulosa (O.F. von Möllendorff)
Cryptozona inflata (O.F. von Möllendorff)
Cryptozona juliana (J.E. Gray, 1834)
Cryptozona ligulata (A.E.J. Férussac, 1821)
Cryptozona maderaspatana (J.E. Gray, 1834)
Cryptozona menglunensis 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

"Taxon details - Cryptozona Mörch, 1872". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land)". WMSD. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

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