Parvedentulina

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

94 species of Parvedentulina were known in 2002 although the majority of these species were described in 2002. An additional 6 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2009, and a further 5 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2010.

Distribution

The genus Parvedentulina is endemic to Madagascar.

Description

The shell of Parvedentulina is small. The spire is high. The shell has ribs on its surface. There are no teeth in the aperture.

Shells of Parvedentulina are similar to those of another streptaxid genus, Gulella.

Species

Species within the genus Parvedentulina include:

Parvedentulina acutapex Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina ambatomitatoae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina ambatosorotrae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina ambatovakiae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina analamerae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina andapae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina andavakoerae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina andriantanteliaeK. C. Emberton, Slapcinsky, C. A. Campbell, Rakotondrazafy, Andriamiarison & J. D. Emberton, 2010
Parvedentulina andringitrae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina anjanaharibei Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina anjansudae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina antsahamadioae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina apieostriata Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina balambasia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina bemarahae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina benjamini
Parvedentulina betamponae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina betsiakae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina bitika Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina celestinae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina conspicua Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina crenulata Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina delicata Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina densagyra Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina devolia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina distincta Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina elegans Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina setra Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina farihiambonia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina fenni Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina fortistriata Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina fotobohitrae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina fragilis Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina fusiforma Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina glesi (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, Blanc & Salvat, 1994)
Parvedentulina gracilis Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina hafa Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina hatairana Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina horonanladia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina jeani K. C. Emberton, Slapcinsky, C. A. Campbell, Rakotondrazafy, Andriamiarison & J. D. Emberton, 2010
Parvedentulina josephinae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina kelivitsika Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina kendrae Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina lalina Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina lincolni Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina macroconspicua Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina magna Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina mahalevona Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina mahialamboensis Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina mahitsia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina malala Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina mamirapiratra Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina mananarae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina mandenae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina manja Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina manomboae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina manomponae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina maranitra Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina margostriata Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina marojejyae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina masoalae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina metula (Crosse, 1881)
Parvedentulina miaranoniae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina michellae Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina mijanona Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina minidistincta Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina minutissima Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina miova Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina montana Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina morontsiraka Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina namorokae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina ovatostoma Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina parva Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina pascali Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina paulayiK. C. Emberton, Slapcinsky, C. A. Campbell, Rakotondrazafy, Andriamiarison & J. D. Emberton, 2010
Parvedentulina pearcei Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina planapex Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina puichella Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina pyramida Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina ranomafanae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina rantovina Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina rapetoa Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina ravinamatia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina rogeri Emberton & Pearce, 2000
Parvedentulina sahantananae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina saintjacqui W. H. Turton, 1932
Parvedentulina simeni (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, Blanc & Salvat, 1994)
Parvedentulina simplex Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina soa Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
Parvedentulina tendrombohitra Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina terakabe Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina texieri Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina thompsoniK. C. Emberton, Slapcinsky, C. A. Campbell, Rakotondrazafy, Andriamiarison & J. D. Emberton, 2010
Parvedentulina tsara Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsaratananae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsaravintana Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina lsimahialamboensis Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsingia Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsipika Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsisubulina Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina tsotra Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina unescoae Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina vavalava Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina vitroni (Fischer-Piette. Blanc, Blanc & Salvat, 1994)
Parvedentulina vonjena Emberton, 2002
Parvedentulina sp. 1 sensu Emberton & Griffiths (2009)
Parvedentulina sp. 2 sensu Emberton & Griffiths (2009)

References

Emberton, K.C. & Pearce, T.A. (2000). Small, high-spired pulmonates from Mounts Mahermana, Ilapiry, and Vasiha, southeastern Madagascar, with description of a new genus, and with conservation statuses of 15 streptaxid species. The Veliger, 43: 126Ã¢ÂÂ153. Berkeley.