Ratnadvipia irradians is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae. It is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Genus: | Ratnadvipia |
| Species: | R. irradians
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| Binomial name | |
| Ratnadvipia irradians (Pfeiffer, 1852)
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Description
editShell is thin and solid, color ranging from bright golden brown to greenish yellow. Apex obtuse. Lunate oval aperture is large, and very oblique. Foot pale.[1]
Ecology
editIt is the most widespread of Sri Lanka's endemic land snails, which can be found in dry zone and intermediate forests and home gardens.
References
edit- ^ "The Sri Lankan endemic semi-slug Ratnadvipia (Limacoidea: Ariophantidae) and a new species from southwestern Sri Lanka". Systematics and Biodiversity 4(1):99-126. Retrieved 2 November 2016.