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Ratnadvipia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicarionoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Ariophantidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Mariaella dussumieri, Ariophantidae, Macrochlamys, Macrochlamys indica, Acavus haemastoma

Ratnadvipia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are endemic to highly fragmented rain forests of Sri Lanka. Sometimes they extend into the dry zones of the island and occasionally found around home gardens.

Two species are recognized.

Species

  • Ratnadvipia irradians (Pfeiffer 1853)
  • Ratnadvipia karui Pfeiffer, 1854
  • References

    Ratnadvipia Wikipedia