Aristena
Genus of land snails
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Aristena is a monotypic genus of terrestrial gastropods in the family Helicidae.[2] The only species is Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936).[3] The genus was proposed following a molecular phylogenetic analysis.[4]
| Aristena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Tribe: | Helicini |
| Genus: | Aristena Psonis, Vardinoyannis & Poulakakis, 2022 |
| Species: | A. rechingeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936) | |
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The species is endemic to the island Karpathos, Greece.[5] It is a very rare species, without published observations of live individuals.
It was originally described as Levantina rechingeri.[6]
