Biology:Ruthvenia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| Subfamily: | Thysanotinae
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| Genus: | Ruthvenia Gude, 1911
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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)
References
- ↑ "Taxon details - Ruthvenia Gude, 1911". WoRMS. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996014. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. http://lk.chm-cbd.net/chmdb/srilanka2Dspecieslist.php?x_groupid=11&x_endemic=1. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Ruthvenia species". National History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/research-curation/projects/tropical-land-snails/taxa/FILE03/F03Ruthv.htm. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "A redescription of Ruthvenia biciliata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855), with revised generic diagnosis for Ruthvenia Gude, 1911". zobodat. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_111B_0013-0018.pdf. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q21215501 entry
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