Global InformationIndrella information
| Indrella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea
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| Family: | Ariophantidae
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| Genus: | Indrella Godwin-Austen, 1901
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| Species: | I. ampulla
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| Binomial name | |
| Indrella ampulla (Benson, 1850)
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Indrella is a monotypic genus containing the single species Indrella ampulla, a tropical terrestrial air-breathing gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1][2]
I. ampulla is the only species in the genus Indrella, However the animal color is polymorphic: The visible soft parts of the snail can be various colors, including red and pale yellow.
- ^ 2007. Tropical Land Snail Diversity: South and Southeast Asia. The Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ Aravind N. A., Rajshekhar K. P. & Madhaystha N. A. Patterns of Land Snail Distribution in the Western Ghats Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 March 2009.