Edentulina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996784 on 2023-06-27
Distribution Distribution of the genus Edentulina include: East Africa Tanzania Comoros the SeychellesSutcharit 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. .
Species Species within the genus Edentulina include: Edentulina affinis Boettger, 1913 Edentulina ambongoaboae Emberton, 1999 Edentulina ambra Emberton, 1999 Edentulina analamerae Emberton, 1999 Edentulina ankaranae Emberton, 1999 Edentulina anodon (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Edentulina antankarana Emberton, 1999 Edentulina arenicola (Morelet, 1860) Edentulina battistinii Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975 Edentulina bemarahae Emberton, 1999 Edentulina crosseana (Morelet, 1881) Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999. The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil. Edentulina florensi , 1999 Edentulina insignis (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Edentulina johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1887) Edentulina langiana Pilsbry, 1919 Edentulina liberiana (I. Lea, 1840) Edentulina martensi (E. A. Smith, 1882) Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868)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. Edentulina nitens (Dautzenberg, 1895) Edentulina obesa (Taylor, 1877) Edentulina oleacea (Fulton, 1903) Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789) Edentulina parensis Verdcourt, 2004 Edentulina rugosa Emberton, 1999 Edentulina rusingensis Verdcourt, 1963 Edentulina uluguruensis Bequaert & Clench, 1936 Edentulina usambarensis Bequaert & Clench, 1936 Taxa inquirenda Edentulina grandidieri Bourguignat, 1890 Species brought into synonymy Edentulina cylindrica: synonym of Gonaxis cylindricus Edentulina alluaudi: synonym of Edentulina minor (junior synonym) Edentulina gaillardi: synonym of Edentulina minor (junior synonym) Edentulina glessi: synonym of Parvedentulina glessi Edentulina hamiltoni: synonym of Austromarconia hamiltoni Edentulina intermedia: synonym of Edentulina minor (junior synonym) Edentulina metula: synonym of Parvedentulina metula Edentulina montis: synonym of Edentulina minor (junior subjective synonym) Edentulina montium: synonym of Gulella montium Edentulina simeni: synonym of Parvedentulina simeni Edentulina stumpfii: synonym of Edentulina minor (junior synonym) Edentulina tumida: synonym of Edentulina ovoidea (junior synonym) Edentulina vitrea: synonym of Gonaxis vitreus
References
Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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