''Odontartemon'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family

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Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: *

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Species

Species within the genus ''Odontartemon'' include: * ''

Odontartemon bidens ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West AfricaSu ...

'' (Möllendorff, 1883) * ''

Odontartemon dejectus ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West Af ...

'' ( Moricand, 1836) * ''

Odontartemon paulus ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West Af ...

'' (Gude, 1896) * ''

Odontartemon schomburgi ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West AfricaSu ...

'' Yen, 1939 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Odontartemon balingensis'' Tomlin, 1948: synonym of ''

Oophana balingensis ''Oophana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oophana Ancey, 1884. Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Tomlin, 1948) (original combination) * ''Odontartemon fuchsianus'' (Gredler, 1881): synonym of ''

Indoartemon fuchsianus ''Indoartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Indoartemon Forcart, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http: ...

'' (Gredler, 1881) (unaccepted combination)

References

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

External links

Ancey, C. F. (1884). Sur les divisions proposées dans le genre Streptaxis. Le Naturaliste. 6(50): 399

Rowson, B. (2010). Systematics and diversity of the Streptaxidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ph.D. thesis, University of Wales, Cardiff. Pp. i–vii + 1–307
Streptaxidae {{Streptaxidae-stub