Cryptozona belangeri (Deshays, 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

Cryptozona belangeri (Deshays, 1834) [ Plate 2 ; Figure G]

Material examined: Maradumilli (1 ex.), Date: 9.ix.2016,

Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M28428/7

Shell characters: Shell openly perforate, depressely globose, obliquely striate; whorls 5-5½, convex; aperture roundly lunate; peristome thin, basal and columellar margins slightly reflected; purplish or whitish in colour.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

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)