Biology:Victaphanta

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Victaphanta
Victaphanta atramentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Subfamily:	Rhytidinae
Genus:	Victaphanta Iredale, 1933
Synonyms
Melavitrina Iredale, T. 1933

Victaphanta is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria and Tasmania

Species

Species within the genus Victaphanta include:

• Victaphanta atramentaria
• Victaphanta compacta
• Victaphanta lampra
• Victaphanta milligani

References

• Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59
• Smith, B.J. 1969. A comparative study of two Australian paryphantid snails, with notes on their taxonomic relationships. pp. 164–169 in Rao, K.V. (ed.). Marine Biological Association of India, Symposium on Mollusca. Pt 1. Mandapan Camp : Marine Biological Association of India.
• Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1972. Tasmanian snails referred to the genus Victaphanta (Stylomatophora : Paryphantidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 111-114
• Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp
• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp

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