Parvedentulina
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| Parvedentulina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Genus: | Parvedentulina Emberton & Pearce, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| Parvedentulina ovatostoma Emberton & Pearce, 2000 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anachis (Parvanachis) Radwin, 1968 (original rank) | |
Parvedentulina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae.[1][2]
94 species of Parvedentulina were known in 2002[1] although the majority of these species were described in 2002.[1] An additional 6 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2009,[3] and a further 5 new species of Parvedentulina were described in 2010.[4]
The genus Parvedentulina is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
