Edentulina moreleti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Streptaxidae |
Genus: | Edentulina |
Species: | E. moreleti
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Binomial name | |
Edentulina moreleti | |
Synonyms [9] | |
Edentulina moreleti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae.
Edentulina moreleti is endemic to the Seychelles. [9]
The type locality for this species is Silhouette Island. [9] It also occurs on Mahé. [9] Up to 1999 there were only 34 known specimens in collections. [9]
The species gives live birth rather than laying eggs. The newborn snails are yellow in color. [10] Juvenile snails are also yellow with crimson tentacles. [10] Adult snails are dark brown, [10] but Martens (1898) described the body as red. [5]
The reproductive anatomy and radula have been described by J. Gerlach & A. C. van Bruggen (1999). [9] The formula of the radula is 29 + 1 + 29. [9] Salivary glands are bilobed. [9]
The color of the shell is a tan brown. [10] The width of the shell is 5.3-6.5 mm. [9] The height of the shell is 11.0-14.0 mm. [9] The shape of the shell is bulimoid. [9] The shell has 6.75-7.75 whorls. [9] There is no spiral sculpture on the shell. [9]
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The only other species of Edentulina on the Seychelles is Edentulina dussumieri, which is the most abundant streptaxid snail there. [9] [10] Edentulina moreleti is smaller than Edentulina dussumieri which is over 14 mm in shell height, and Edentulina dussumieri has spiral sculpture on the shell. [9]
Edentulina moreleti inhabits habitats with high humidity and with many Dracaena reflexa plants. [10] The population density of this species is low: about 160 individuals at locality area of 2 ha. [10] Edentulina moreleti is ovo-viviparous. [10]
Edentulina moreleti is the only known herbivorous streptaxid. [10] Other Streptaxidae are carnivorous. [10] Edentulina moreleti probably feeds on algae and decomposing plants, that occur on leaves of Dracaena reflexa. [10] They can be fed with carrot, apple and decomposing leaves in captivity. [10]
Edentulina moreleti | |
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An apertural view of a shell of the species | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Streptaxidae |
Genus: | Edentulina |
Species: | E. moreleti
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Binomial name | |
Edentulina moreleti | |
Synonyms [9] | |
Edentulina moreleti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae.
Edentulina moreleti is endemic to the Seychelles. [9]
The type locality for this species is Silhouette Island. [9] It also occurs on Mahé. [9] Up to 1999 there were only 34 known specimens in collections. [9]
The species gives live birth rather than laying eggs. The newborn snails are yellow in color. [10] Juvenile snails are also yellow with crimson tentacles. [10] Adult snails are dark brown, [10] but Martens (1898) described the body as red. [5]
The reproductive anatomy and radula have been described by J. Gerlach & A. C. van Bruggen (1999). [9] The formula of the radula is 29 + 1 + 29. [9] Salivary glands are bilobed. [9]
The color of the shell is a tan brown. [10] The width of the shell is 5.3-6.5 mm. [9] The height of the shell is 11.0-14.0 mm. [9] The shape of the shell is bulimoid. [9] The shell has 6.75-7.75 whorls. [9] There is no spiral sculpture on the shell. [9]
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The only other species of Edentulina on the Seychelles is Edentulina dussumieri, which is the most abundant streptaxid snail there. [9] [10] Edentulina moreleti is smaller than Edentulina dussumieri which is over 14 mm in shell height, and Edentulina dussumieri has spiral sculpture on the shell. [9]
Edentulina moreleti inhabits habitats with high humidity and with many Dracaena reflexa plants. [10] The population density of this species is low: about 160 individuals at locality area of 2 ha. [10] Edentulina moreleti is ovo-viviparous. [10]
Edentulina moreleti is the only known herbivorous streptaxid. [10] Other Streptaxidae are carnivorous. [10] Edentulina moreleti probably feeds on algae and decomposing plants, that occur on leaves of Dracaena reflexa. [10] They can be fed with carrot, apple and decomposing leaves in captivity. [10]