Ratnadvipia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are endemic to highly fragmented rain forests of Sri Lanka. Sometimes they extend into the dry zones of the island and occasionally found around home gardens.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Genus: | Ratnadvipia Godwin-Austen, 1899 |
Two species are recognized.
Species
edit- Ratnadvipia irradians (Pfeiffer 1853)
- Ratnadvipia karui Pfeiffer, 1854
References
edit- ^ Raheem, Dinarzarde; Naggs, Fred (2006). "The Sri Lankan endemic semi-slug Ratnadvipia (Limacoidea: Ariophantidae) and a new species from southwestern Sri Lanka". Systematics and Biodiversity. 4 (1): 99–126. Bibcode:2006SyBio...4...99R. doi:10.1017/S1477200005001854.
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