Aristena is a monotypic genus of terrestrial gastropods in the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Aristena Psonis, Vardinoyannis & Poulakakis, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1648336 on 2023-04-12 The only species is Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936).MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Aristena rechingeri (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1648337 on 2023-04-12 The genus was proposed following a molecular phylogenetic analysis.
The species is endemic to the island Karpathos, Greece. It is a very rare species, without published observations of live individuals.
It was originally described as Levantina rechingeri.
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