Ruthvenia

Ruthvenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Charopidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Ruthvenia; Gude, 1911
Synonyms
	Austenia Gude, 1897; Sykesia Gude, 1897;

Ruthvenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae.^[1] These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.^[2]

Six species are recognized.^[3]

Description[]

Shell is trochoid to lentiform with compressed structure. Shell color varies from light-comeous to colorless. There are 1 or 2 cord-like keels on last whirl. Aperture narrow with slightly oblique shape. Umbilicus funnel-like and broad.^[4]

Species[]

(Pfeiffer 1854)
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912)
(Sykes 1898)
(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
(Gude, 1897)
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)

References[]

^ "Taxon details - Ruthvenia Gude, 1911". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "Ruthvenia species". National History Museum. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "A redescription of Ruthvenia biciliata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855), with revised generic diagnosis for Ruthvenia Gude, 1911" (PDF). zobodat. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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[1] "Taxon details - Ruthvenia Gude, 1911". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[2] "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[3] "Ruthvenia species". National History Museum. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[4] "A redescription of Ruthvenia biciliata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855), with revised generic diagnosis for Ruthvenia Gude, 1911" (PDF). zobodat. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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