Ariophanta interrupta

Ariophanta interrupta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.

Ariophanta interrupta
A drawing of Ariophanta interrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Ariophantidae
Subfamily:
Ariophantinae
Genus:
Ariophanta
Species:
A. interrupta
Binomial name
Ariophanta interrupta
Benson, 1834
Synonyms

Helix himalayana Lea, 1831
Nanina himalayana

The visible external soft parts of the animal are pinkish grey in color.[1]

Shell description
Drawing of the shell of Ariophanta interrupta.

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[2] whorls, convex above, the last augulate at the periphery.[1]

The aperture is roundly lunate. The peristome is thin.[1]

The width of the shell is 22–32 mm. The height is 15[2]-16-17 mm.[1]

Distribution

This species lives in India (Bengal, Behar, Orissa, Ganjam, Golconda Hills, Vizagapatam, Calcutta, Pareshnath),[1] Himalayas and Ganges region.[2]

References

The article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae. Taylor & Francis, London, page 31.
  2. Tryon G. W. 1886. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 2. Zonitidae. Philadelphia.
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