Parvedentulina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
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]
The genus Parvedentulina is endemic to Madagascar. [1]
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 within the genus Parvedentulina include: