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Cryptozona
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Cryptozona

Cryptozona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tied Cryptozona

speciesCryptozona ligulata

Cryptozona erratica

speciesCryptozona erratica

Cryptozona menglunensis

speciesCryptozona menglunensis

Cryptozona chenui

speciesCryptozona chenui

Cryptozona filicostata

speciesCryptozona filicostata

Cryptozona chrysorhaphe

speciesCryptozona chrysorhaphe

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 416770.