Parvedentulina

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Parvedentulina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Parvedentulina
Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Type species
Parvedentulina ovatostomaEmberton & Pearce, 2000
Synonyms

Anachis (Parvanachis)Radwin, 1968 (original rank)

Parvedentulina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. [1] [2]

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94 species of Parvedentulina were known in 2002 [1] although the majority of these species were described in 2002. [1] An additional 6 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2009, [3] and a further 5 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2010. [4]

Distribution

The genus Parvedentulina is endemic to Madagascar. [1]

Description

The shell of Parvedentulina is small. [1] The spire is high. [1] The shell has ribs on its surface. [1] There are no teeth in the aperture. [1]

Shells of Parvedentulina are similar to those of another streptaxid genus, Gulella . [1]

Species

Species within the genus Parvedentulina include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 Emberton K. C. (2002). "Parvedentulina and edentate Gulella of Madagascar (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Streptaxidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 131(1/2): 67-165. abstract.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Parvedentulina Emberton & Pearce, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253423 on 2021-12-14
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Emberton K. C. & Griffiths O. L. (2009). "Pulmonate land mollusks from three rainforest transects in northeastern Madagascar: part 1 of 2, with descriptions of 12 new species and one new subspecies (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 138(2): 137-167. doi : 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/138/137-167.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 71-141. doi : 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141