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Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856
996784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996784)
accepted
Genus
Bulimus ovoideus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789) (type by subsequent designation)
Ennea (Edentulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted (original rank)
Gibbus (Edentulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted
Streptaxis (Edentulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted
- Species Edentulina affinis C. R. Boettger, 1913
- Species Edentulina ambongoaboae K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina ambra K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina analamerae K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina ankaranae K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina anodon (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Species Edentulina antankarana K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina arenicola (Morelet, 1860)
- Species Edentulina battistinii Fischer-Piette, F. Blanc & Salvat, 1975
- Species Edentulina bemarahae K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina crosseana (Morelet, 1881)
- Species Edentulina florensi K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina insignis (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Edentulina johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1887)
- Species Edentulina langiana Pilsbry, 1919
- Species Edentulina liberiana (I. Lea, 1840)
- Species Edentulina martensi (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Species Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851)
- Species Edentulina nitens (Dautzenberg, 1895)
- Species Edentulina obesa (J. W. Taylor, 1877)
- Species Edentulina oleacea (Fulton, 1903)
- Species Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Edentulina parensis Verdcourt, 2004
- Species Edentulina rugosa K. C. Emberton, 1999
- Species Edentulina rusingensis Verdcourt, 1963 †
- Species Edentulina uluguruensis Bequaert & Clench, 1936
- Species Edentulina usambarensis Bequaert & Clench, 1936
- Subgenus Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Marconia Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877 (superseeded combination)
- Species Edentulina (Marconia) cylindrica K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952 accepted as Gonaxis cylindricus (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952) (original combination)
- Species Edentulina alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1895) accepted as Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Species Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) accepted as Gerlachina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Edentulina gaillardi Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1964 accepted as Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Species Edentulina glessi Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994 accepted as Parvedentulina glessi (Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994) (original combination)
- Species Edentulina hamiltoni E. A. Smith, 1897 accepted as Austromarconia hamiltoni (E. A. Smith, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Edentulina intermedia (Morelet, 1851) accepted as Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Species Edentulina metula (Crosse, 1881) accepted as Parvedentulina metula (Crosse, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Edentulina montis Fischer-Piette, F. Blanc & Salvat, 1975 accepted as Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Edentulina montium d'Ailly, 1910 accepted as Gulella montium (d'Ailly, 1910) (original combination)
- Species Edentulina moreleti (H. Adams, 1868) accepted as Gerlachina moreleti (H. Adams, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Edentulina simeni Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994 accepted as Parvedentulina simeni (Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994) (original combination)
- Species Edentulina stumpfii Kobelt, 1904 accepted as Edentulina minor (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Species Edentulina tumida (Morelet, 1860) accepted as Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789) (junior synonym)
- Species Edentulina vitrea (Morelet, 1867) accepted as Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Edentulina grandidieri Bourguignat, 1890 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
feminine
(of Ennea (Edentulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Versuch einer Anordnung derr Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2: 112-185., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 173 [details]
page(s): 173 [details]
Nomenclature Edentulina is a distinct genus, but its type species is also the type species of Cochlostyla Ferussac, 1821 (Camaenidae)...
Nomenclature Edentulina is a distinct genus, but its type species is also the type species of Cochlostyla Ferussac, 1821 (Camaenidae) and therefore, unless conserved, it becomes a junior synonym thereof. At present it is not clear what species is represented by the name Bulimus ovoideus Bruguiere, 1789. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Edentulina L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996784 on 2025-04-02
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original description
(of Ennea (Edentulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Versuch einer Anordnung derr Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2: 112-185., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 173 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. ConchBooks, Germany.
page(s): 305 [details]
subsequent type designation Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 302-303 [details]
page(s): 173 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. ConchBooks, Germany.
page(s): 305 [details]
subsequent type designation Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 302-303 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Edentulina is a distinct genus, but its type species is also the type species of Cochlostyla Ferussac, 1821 (Camaenidae) and therefore, unless conserved, it becomes a junior synonym thereof. At present it is not clear what species is represented by the name Bulimus ovoideus Bruguiere, 1789. [details]