Edentulina affinis Boettger, 1913

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 271

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scientific name	Edentulina affinis Boettger, 1913
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Edentulina affinis Boettger, 1913 View in CoL

Fig. 30 View Figs 30–38 Edentulina affinis: Boettger 1913: 349 , pl. 15, fig. 8 (Kipatimu, eastern Tanzania; 31.5×15.0 mm).

A common East African species, with a general distribution from Kenya to Mozambique. Found at ten stations inland and two stations on Cabo Delgado. The convexity of the whorls significantly varies amongst the shells from Mozambique and most of the shells do not have whorls “flatter” than in Comorian E. ovoidea ( Bruguière, 1789) , as stated in the original description of affinis .

References

BOETTGER, C. R. 1913. Description of new species of land shells from Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 348 - 354.

BRUGUIERE, J. G. 1789 - 1792. L'Encyclopedie methodique ou par ordre de matieres par une societe de gens de lettres, de savants et d'artistes; precedee d'un Vocabulaire universel, servant de Table pour tout l'Ouvrage, ornee des Portraits de MM. Diderot et d'Alembert, premiers Editeurs de l'Encyclopedie. Histoire naturelle des vers. Tome Premier. Paris: Panckoucke.

Figures

Figs 30–38.Streptaxidae:(30) Edentulina affinis,33.4×17.6 mm,stn 5; (31) Taylorialeroyi, 14.4×21.0 mm, stn 5; (32) Gonaxis cf. percivali, 9.4×6.9 mm, stn 1; (33) G. denticulatus, 7.0×4.6 mm, stn 11; (34) Gulella sexdentata var. liederi, 9.4×4.8 mm, stn 1; (35) G. subhyalina, 6.5×2.3 mm, stn 1; (36) G. perissodonta, 3.2×1.5 mm, stn 7; (37) Gulella delgada sp. n., 4.0×1.8 mm, 1st syntype, stn 7; (38) Streptostele herma, 3.8×1.2 mm, stn 7. Scale bar 10 mm in Figs 30–31; 3 mm in Figs 32–34; 1 mm in Figs 35–38.