''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

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mollusks in the family

Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi. Stre ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996784 on 2020-10-29

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Edentulina'' include: * East Africa ** Tanzania *

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* 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 ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Boettger, 1913 * ''

Edentulina ambongoaboae ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina ambra ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina analamerae ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina ankaranae ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina anodon ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''

Edentulina antankarana ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina arenicola ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''

Edentulina battistinii ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975 * ''

Edentulina bemarahae ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina crosseana ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (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 A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...

. * ''

Edentulina florensi ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * ''

Edentulina insignis ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Edentulina johnstoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1887) * ''

Edentulina langiana ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Pilsbry, 1919 * ''

Edentulina liberiana ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (I. Lea, 1840) * ''

Edentulina martensi ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) * ''

Edentulina minor ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (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
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Edentulina nitens ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Dautzenberg, 1895) * ''

Edentulina obesa ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Taylor, 1877) * ''

Edentulina oleacea ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Fulton, 1903) * ''

Edentulina ovoidea ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Bruguière, 1789) (taxon inquirendum) * ''

Edentulina parensis ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Verdcourt, 2004 * ''

Edentulina rugosa ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Emberton, 1999 * † ''

Edentulina rusingensis ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Verdcourt, 1963 * ''

Edentulina uluguruensis ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Bequaert & Clench, 1936 * ''

Edentulina usambarensis ''Edentulina usambarensis'' a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollus ...

'' Bequaert & Clench ;Taxa inquerenda: * ''

Edentulina grandidieri ''Edentulina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Bourguignat, 1890 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Edentulina affinis'' C. R. Boettger, 1913: synonym of ''Edentulina ovoidea'' (Bruguière, 1789) (junior synonym) * ''Edentulina montis'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975: synonym of ''

'' (Morelet, 1851)

References

* Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

* Streptaxidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Streptaxidae-stub