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Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789)
1289332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289332)
accepted
Species
Bulimus ovoideus Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cochlostyla ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted (erroneous placement due to...)
erroneous placement due to mistaken identity
Edentulina tumida (Morelet, 1860) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ennea (Edentulina) ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ennea (Edentulina) ovoidea var. mayottensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ennea tumida Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pupa grandis L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted
recent only
(of Bulimus ovoideus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
Type locality contained in Mayotte
type locality contained in Mayotte [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nomenclature This name represents a distinct species, but it is unclear whether the name is correctly applied. It is also used for...
Nomenclature This name represents a distinct species, but it is unclear whether the name is correctly applied. It is also used for Cochlostyla ovoidea (Camaenidae). Further clarification is required. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Edentulina ovoidea (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289332 on 2025-06-30
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original description
(of Ennea tumida Morelet, 1860) Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 75, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Bulimus ovoideus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Pupa grandis L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 95 [details]
basis of record Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Herbert, D.; Rowson, B; Rosenberg, G. (2023). The double life of <i>Bulimus ovoideus</i> Bruguière, 1789: taxonomic implications for Streptaxidae and Camaenidae (Mollusca, Stylommatophora). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> e-print., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2023.2202807 [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): 373 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2000). The penial armature of three species of East African Streptaxidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Folia Malacologica 8(3): 215–221.</em>
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Emberton, K. C. (1999). Edentulina of Madagascar (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 15: 97-108.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 83: 1-552.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 172 [details]
page(s): 75, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Bulimus ovoideus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Pupa grandis L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 95 [details]
basis of record Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Herbert, D.; Rowson, B; Rosenberg, G. (2023). The double life of <i>Bulimus ovoideus</i> Bruguière, 1789: taxonomic implications for Streptaxidae and Camaenidae (Mollusca, Stylommatophora). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> e-print., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2023.2202807 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 373 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verdcourt, B. (2000). The penial armature of three species of East African Streptaxidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Folia Malacologica 8(3): 215–221.</em>
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Emberton, K. C. (1999). Edentulina of Madagascar (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 15: 97-108.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 83: 1-552.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 172 [details]
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Nomenclature This name represents a distinct species, but it is unclear whether the name is correctly applied. It is also used for Cochlostyla ovoidea (Camaenidae). Further clarification is required. [details]
