Ariophanta interrupta (Benson, 1834)

Sajan, S. K., Tripathy, Basudev & Biswas, Tulika, 2018, Species inventory of land and freshwater Molluscs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 141-155 : 145

Ariophanta interrupta (Benson, 1834) [ Plate 2 ; Figure J]

Material examined: Maredumilli (2 ex.), Date: 09.ix.2016,

Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29430/7

Shell characters: Shell depressed convex with a blunt apex, thick, sinistral, coarsely and obliquely plicate, decussated by spiral stirae which often become obsolete; body whorl angulate at the periphery, smooth and tumid below; aperture widely crescent shaped; peristome thickened, umbilicus deep narrow.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal

IUCN status: This taxon has not yet been assessed by the IUCN Red List.

Figures

Plate 2. G.Cryptozona belangeri (Deshays, 1834); H. Cryptozona ligulata (Férussac, 1921); I. Cryptozona semirugata (Beck, 1837); J. Ariophanta interrupta (Benson, 1834); K. Macochlamys indica (Blanford & Godwin-Austen, 1908); L. Macrochlamys perplana Godwin-Austen, 1883; M. Trachia asperella (Pfeiffer, 1846)