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Ariophantidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicarionoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Ariophantidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Macrochlamys, Helicarionidae, Hemiplecta, Dyakiidae, Camaenidae

Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Distribution

The distribution of the family Ariophantidae includes India and south-eastern Asia.

Anatomy

Snails within this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 and also lies between 31 and 35, but other values are also possible (according to the values in this table).

Subfamilies

The family Ariophantidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Ariophantinae Godwin-Austen, 1888 - synonyms: Naninidae Pfeffer, 1878 (inv.); Hemiplectinae Gude & B. B. Woodward, 1921
  • Macrochlamydinae Godwin-Austen, 1888 - synonyms: Tanychlamydinae H. B. Baker, 1928; Vitrinulini Schileyko, 2003
  • Ostracolethinae Simroth, 1901 - synonyms: Myotestidae Collinge, 1902; Parmarioninae Godwin-Austen, 1908; Laocaiini Schileyko, 2002; Microparmarionini Schileyko, 2003

    • Genera

    Genera in the family Ariophantidae include:

    Ariophantinae

  • Ariophanta Des Moulins, 1829 - type genus of the family Ariophantidae
  • Hemiplecta Albers, 1850

    • Macrochlamydinae

  • Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 - type genus of the subfamily Macrochlamydinae
  • Tanychlamys Benson, 1834
  • Vitrinula Gray, 1857

    • Ostracolethinae

  • Laocaia Kuzminykh, 1999
  • Microparmarion Simroth, 1893
  • Myotesta Collinge, 1901
  • Ostracolethe Simroth, 1901 - type genus of the subfamily Ostracolethinae
  • Parmarion P. Fischer, 1855

    • unsorted:

  • Cryptozona Mörch, 1872
  • Euplecta Semper, 1870
  • Mariaella Gray, 1855
  • Indrella Godwin-Austen, 1901
  • Ratnadvipia Godwin-Austen, 1899 - endemic to Sri Lanka
  • Kalidos Gude, 1911
  • Koratia Godwin-Austen, 1919
  • Microcystina Mörch, 1872
  • Sitala H. Adams, 1865

    • Cladogram

    The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with other families in the limacoid clade:

    References

    Ariophantidae Wikipedia
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