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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea

Familia: Helicidae
Subfamilia: Ariantinae
Species (9): A. aethyops – A. arbustorum – A. chamaeleon – A. frangepanii – A. hessei – A. picea – A. schmidtii – A. stenzii – A. xatartii
Name
Arianta Turton, 1831

Arianta is a medium-sized genus of European land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.

Species of snails within this genus make and use calcareous love darts.
Species

Species within the genus Arianta include:

Arianta aethyops (Bielz, 1851)
Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arianta chamaeleon (Pfeiffer, 1868)
Arianta frangepanii (Kormos, 1906)
Arianta hessei (M. Kimakowicz, 1883)
Arianta picea (Rossmässler, 1837)
Arianta schmidtii (Rossmässler, 1836)
Arianta stenzii (Rossmässler, 1835)
Arianta xatartii (Farines, 1834)

References

Groenenberg D.S.J., Subai P. & Gittenberger E. (2016). Systematics of Ariantinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae), a new approach to an old problem. Contributions to Zoology. 85(1): 37-65

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