Victaphanta
Victaphanta is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rhytididae.[1]
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| Victaphanta atramentaria | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Subfamily: | Rhytidinae |
| Genus: | Victaphanta Iredale, 1933 |
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Species
Species within the genus Victaphanta include:
- Victaphanta atramentaria
- Victaphanta compacta
- Victaphanta lampra
- Victaphanta milligani
References
- Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59
- Smith, B.J. 1969. A comparative study of two Australian paryphantid snails, with notes on their taxonomic relationships. pp. 164–169 in Rao, K.V. (ed.). Marine Biological Association of India, Symposium on Mollusca. Pt 1. Mandapan Camp : Marine Biological Association of India.
- Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1972. Tasmanian snails referred to the genus Victaphanta (Stylomatophora : Paryphantidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 111-114
- Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp
- Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp
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