Ariophanta thyreus (Benson, 1852)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Helix thyreus Benson, 1852 (original combination); Helix ryssolema Albers, 1852
Conservation Status
Missing
Distribution
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Benson, W. H. (1852). Characters of new species of Helix from Southern India and Bengal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 9: 404-407.
Other references:
Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ariophanta thyreus (Benson, 1852). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317011 on 2022-03-06
Raheem, D., Taylor, H., Ablett, J., Preece, R. C., Aravind, N. A. and Naggs, F. (2014). A systematic revision of the land snails of the Western Ghats of India. Tropical Natural History. Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244.
Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.
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