Edentulina Explained

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

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Edentulina include:

• East Africa
  • Tanzania
• Comoros
• the Seychelles^[2]

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)^[3]
• 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^[4]

Taxa inquerenda:

• 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

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996784 on 2023-06-27
2. 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. .
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.
4. Tattersfield, P. . 1996 . Edentulina usambarensis . 1996 . e.T7033A12824066 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7033A12824066.en . 16 November 2021.