Cryptozona

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]

Cryptozona
Cryptozona siamensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Ariophantidae
Subfamily:
Ariophantinae
Genus:
Cryptozona

Mörch, 1872
Synonyms
  • Ariophanta (Cryptozona) Mörch, 1872
  • Nanina (Cryptozona) Mörch, 1872
  • Nilgiria Godwin-Austen, 1888
  • Xestina Pfeffer, 1878

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)

References
  1. "Taxon details - Cryptozona Mörch, 1872". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land)". WMSD. Retrieved 27 February 2019.


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