Cryptozona ligulata (Férussac, 1921)

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 : 146

Cryptozona ligulata (Férussac, 1921) [ Plate 2 ; Figure H]

Material examined: Nagarjina sagar (5 ex.), Date:

31.viii.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29422/7; Near DFO office, Nalgondala (1 ex.), Date:

02.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29423/7; Ethipothala, Temple side shallow water canal Nalagonda (1 ex.), Date: 02.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29432/7

Shell characters: Shell perforate, sub-globose, depressed, thick, finely striate; and decussated above; darker above the periphery, usually with a brown band along the suture; whorls 4½ nearly flat; aperture large and oblique.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, 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)