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]
The shell of Parvedentulina is small.[1] The spire is high.[1] The shell has ribs on its surface.[1] There are no teeth in the aperture.[1]
Shells of Parvedentulina are similar to those of another streptaxid genus, Gulella.[1]
Species within the genus Parvedentulina include:
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.
