Parvedentulina

Parvedentulina
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
Genus: Parvedentulina
Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Diversity
105 species (in this list)

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

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,[2] and a further 5 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2010.[3]

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.75 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.83 1.84 1.85 1.86 1.87 1.88 1.89 1.90 1.91 1.92 1.93 1.94 1.95 1.96 1.97 1.98 1.99 1.100 1.101 1.102 Emberton K. C. (2002). "Parvedentulina and edentate Gulella of Madagascar (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Streptaxidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 131(1/2): 67-165. abstract.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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