Biology:Ratnadvipia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Genus: | Ratnadvipia Godwin-Austen, 1899
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Ratnadvipia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are endemic to highly fragmented rain forests of Sri Lanka. Sometimes they extend into the dry zones of the island and occasionally found around home gardens.[1]
Two species are recognized.
Species
- Ratnadvipia irradians (Pfeiffer 1853)
- Ratnadvipia karui Pfeiffer, 1854
References
- ↑ Raheem, Dinarzarde; Naggs, Fred (2006). "The Sri Lankan endemic semi‐slug Ratnadvipia (Limacoidea: Ariophantidae) and a new species from southwestern Sri Lanka". Systematics and Biodiversity 4: 99–126. doi:10.1017/S1477200005001854.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21213899 entry
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