Arianta

Arianta is a medium-sized genus of European land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.

Arianta
Arianta arbustorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Ariantinae
Genus: Arianta
Turton, 1831
Synonyms
  • Altarianta Schileyko, 2013
  • Arionta Martens, 1860
  • Helicigona (Arianta) W. Turton, 1831
  • Helix (Arionta) Martens, 1860 (unjustified emendation of Arianta)

Species of snails within this genus make and use calcareous love darts.

Species

Species within the genus Arianta include:

  • Arianta aethyops (Bielz, 1851)
  • Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Arianta chamaeleon (Pfeiffer, 1868)
  • Arianta frangepanii (Kormos, 1906)
  • Arianta hessei (M. Kimakowicz, 1883)
  • Arianta picea (Rossmässler, 1837)
  • Arianta schmidtii (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Arianta stenzii (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Arianta xatartii (Farines, 1834)
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References
    • Groenenberg D.S.J., Subai P. & Gittenberger E. (2016). Systematics of Ariantinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae), a new approach to an old problem. Contributions to Zoology. 85(1): 37-65
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