Cryptozona Explained
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Taxon details - Cryptozona Mörch, 1872 . WoRMS . 25 February 2019.
- Web site: Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka . Clearing House Mechanism. 25 February 2019.
- Web site: Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land) . WMSD. 27 February 2019.
