Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the family Ariophantidae includes India and south-eastern Asia.
Anatomy
Snails within this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 and also lies between 31 and 35, but other values are also possible (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
Subfamilies
The family Ariophantidae consists of 3 subfamilies:
- Ariophantinae <small>Godwin-Austen, 1888</small> - synonyms: Naninidae <small>Pfeffer, 1878</small> (inv.); Hemiplectinae <small>Gude & B. B. Woodward, 1921</small>
- Macrochlamydinae <small>Godwin-Austen, 1888</small> - synonyms: Tanychlamydinae <small>H. B. Baker, 1928</small>; Vitrinulini <small>Schileyko, 2003</small>
- Ostracolethinae <small>Simroth, 1901</small> - synonyms: Parmarioninae <small>Godwin-Austen, 1908</small>; Laocaiini <small>Schileyko, 2002</small>; Microparmarionini <small>Schileyko, 2003</small>; Myotestidae <small>Collinge, 1902</small>
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Ariophantidae:
Ariophantinae
- Ariophanta <small>Des Moulins, 1829</small> - type genus of the family Ariophantidae
- Bapuia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1918</small>
- Cryptogirasia <small>Cockerell, 1891</small>
- Cryptozona <small>Mörch, 1872</small>
- Dalingia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1907</small>
- Dihangia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1916</small>
- Euplecta <small>C. Semper, 1870</small>
- Galongia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1916</small>
- Hemiplecta <small>Albers, 1850</small>
- Indrella <small>Godwin-Austen, 1901</small>
- Khasiella <small>Godwin-Austen, 1899</small>
- Mariaella <small>Gray, 1855</small>
- Megaustenia <small>Cockerell, 1912</small>
- Ratnadvipia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1899</small> - endemic to Sri Lanka
- Ravana <small>Godwin-Austen, 1901</small>
- Schwammeria <small>Schileyko, 2010</small>
- Sitalinopsis <small>Thiele, 1931</small>
- Taphrospira <small>W. T. Blanford, 1904</small>
- Xesta <small>Albers, 1850</small>
Macrochlamydinae
- Baiaplecta <small>Laidlaw, 1956</small>
- Himalodiscus <small>Kuznetsov, 1996</small>
- Macrochlamys <small>Gray, 1847</small> - type genus of the subfamily Macrochlamydinae
- Microcystina <small>Mörch, 1872</small>
- Oxytesta <small>Zilch, 1956</small>
- Parvatella <small>W. T. Blanford & Godwin-Austen, 1908</small>
- Rahula <small>Godwin-Austen, 1907</small>
- Sakiella <small>Godwin-Austen, 1908</small>
- Sarika <small>Godwin-Austen, 1907</small>
- Sesara <small>Albers, 1860</small>
- Syama <small>W. T. Blanford & Godwin-Austen, 1908</small>
- Tadunia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1918</small>
- Taphrenalla <small>Pholyotha & Panha, 2021</small>
- Varadia <small>Bhosale & Raheem, 2021</small>
- Vitrinula <small>Gray, 1857</small>
Ostracolethinae
- Apoparmarion <small>Collinge, 1902</small>
- Cambodiparmarion <small>Kuznetsov & Kuzminykh, 1999</small>
- Cryptosemelus <small>Collinge, 1902</small>
- Damayantia <small>Issel, 1874</small>
- Damayantiella <small>Zilch, 1959</small>
- Isselentia <small>Collinge, 1901</small>
- Microparmarion <small>Simroth, 1893</small>
- Minyongia <small>Godwin-Austen, 1916</small>
- Ostracolethe <small>Simroth, 1901</small> - type genus of the subfamily Ostracolethinae
- Paraparmarion <small>Collinge, 1902</small>
- Parmarion <small>P. Fischer, 1855</small>
- Parmunculus <small>Collinge, 1899</small>
- Philippinella <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small>
- Wiegmannia <small>Collinge, 1901</small>
Subfamily not assigned
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with other families in the limacoid clade:
References
Further reading
- Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.
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