Karaftohelix is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

Karaftohelix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Bradybaenini
Genus: Karaftohelix
Pilsbry, 1927
Synonyms
  • Bradybaena (Karaftohelix) Pilsbry, 1927
  • Bradybaena (Manchurohelix) Is. Taki, 1936 junior subjective synonym
  • Eulota (Karaftohelix) Pilsbry, 1927
  • Fruticicola (Karaftohelix) Pilsbry, 1927

Species

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Species within the genus Karaftohelix include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Karaftohelix bocageana (Crosse, 1864): synonym of Bradybaena bocageana (Crosse, 1864) (unaccepted combination)
  • Karaftohelix chishimana (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904): synonym of Eulota chishimana Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904: synonym of Karaftohelix blakeana (Newcomb, 1865): synonym of Ainohelix blakeana (Newcomb, 1865) (unaccepted combination)
  • Karaftohelix intermedia (Rymzhanov, 1983): synonym of Fruticicola intermedia (Rymzhanov, 1983) (unaccepted combination)

References

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  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Karaftohelix Pilsbry, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995813 on 2021-04-12
  • Pilsbry, H. A. (1927). Review of Japanese land mollusca - I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 79: 13-20. Philadelphia.
  • Taki, Is. (1936). Mollusca of Jehol. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo, Section 5, Division 1(1)
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017