Ruthvenia Explained

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

Six species are recognized.^[3]

Description

Shell is trochoid to lentiform with compressed structure. Shell color varies from light-comeous to colorless. There are 1 or 2 cord-like keels on last whirl. Aperture narrow with slightly oblique shape. Umbilicus funnel-like and broad.^[4]

Species

• Ruthvenia biciliata (Pfeiffer 1854)
• Ruthvenia bicincta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912)
• Ruthvenia caliginosa (Sykes 1898)
• Ruthvenia clathratula (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
• Ruthvenia clathratuloides (Gude, 1897)
• Ruthvenia retifera (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxon details - Ruthvenia Gude, 1911 . WoRMS . 25 February 2019.
2. Web site: Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka . Clearing House Mechanism. 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: Ruthvenia species . National History Museum. 25 February 2019.
4. Web site: A redescription of Ruthvenia biciliata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855), with revised generic diagnosis for Ruthvenia Gude, 1911 . zobodat. 25 February 2019.