Edentulina moreleti
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| An apertural view of a shell of the species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | Edentulina |
| Species: | E. moreleti |
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Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868) |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Edentulina moreleti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
Edentulina moreleti is endemic to the Seychelles.
The type locality for this species is Silhouette Island. It also occurs on Mahé. Up to 1999 there were only 34 known specimens in collections.
The species gives live birth rather than laying eggs. The newborn snails are yellow in color. Juvenile snails are also yellow with crimson tentacles. Adult snails are dark brown, but Martens (1898) described the body as red.
The reproductive anatomy and radula have been described by J. Gerlach & A. C. van Bruggen (1999). The formula of the radula is 29 + 1 + 29.Salivary glands are bilobed.
The color of the shell is a tan brown. The width of the shell is 5.3-6.5 mm. The height of the shell is 11.0-14.0 mm. The shape of the shell is bulimoid. The shell has 6.75-7.75 whorls. There is no spiral sculpture on the shell.
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