Edentulina

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Edentulina
apertural view of a shell of Edentulina moreleti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Subfamily: Orthogibbinae
Genus: Edentulina
L. Pfeiffer, 1856[1]

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

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Edentulina include:

Species

Species within the genus Edentulina include:

  • Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840)[4] - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999.[4] The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil.[4]
  • Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868)[4]
  • Edentulina usambarensis Bequaert & Clench[3]

References

  1. Pfeiffer L. (1856). Malak. Bl. 2: 173.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tattersfield P. (1996). Edentulina usambarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. page 47. abstract, PDF.


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