Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicarionoidea Subfamily Ariophantinae Scientific name Ariophanta interrupta Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Ariophantidae Genus Ariophanta Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Macrochlamys indica, Mariaella dussumieri, Sitala, Indrella ampulla, Macrochlamys | ||
Ariophanta interrupta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.
Contents
The visible external soft parts of the animal are pinkish grey in color.
Shell description
The shell of this species is left-handed (sinistral).
The shell is flatly convex above, rather coarsely, obliquely, plicately striated and decussated with fine impressed lines, the decussation is sometimes obsolete, more tumid and smoother beneath. The shell color is brownish horny, darker below the periphery, and gradually becoming paler again beneath. The shell has 4½-5 whorls, convex above, the last augulate at the periphery.
The aperture is roundly lunate. The peristome is thin.
The width of the shell is 22–32 mm. The height is 15-16-17 mm.
Distribution
This species lives in India (Bengal, Behar, Orissa, Ganjam, Golconda Hills, Vizagapatam, Calcutta, Pareshnath), Himalayas and Ganges region.