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Parvedentulina

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Parvedentulina
Parvanachis pygmaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Parvedentulina
Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Type species
Parvedentulina ovatostoma Emberton & 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]

Distribution

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The genus Parvedentulina is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Description

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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

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Species within the genus Parvedentulina include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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. ^ a b c d e f 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
  • Emberton, K.C. & Pearce, T.A. (2000). Small, high-spired pulmonates from Mounts Mahermana, Ilapiry, and Vasiha, southeastern Madagascar, with description of a new genus, and with conservation statuses of 15 streptaxid species. The Veliger, 43: 126–153. Berkeley.