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Genus of gastropods

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

Cryptozona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.

Twenty five species are recognized.

Species

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.
Taxon identifiers
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