''Odontartemon'' is a

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of air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family

Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Streptaxidae are monophyletic while all subfamilies and several genera are polyphyletic. Six Streptaxi ...

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: *

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Species

Species within the genus ''Odontartemon'' include: * ''

Odontartemon bidens ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includ ...

'' (Möllendorff, 1883) * '' Odontartemon dejectus'' ( Moricand, 1836) * ''

Odontartemon paulus ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West AfricaSu ...

'' (Gude, 1896) * ''

Odontartemon schomburgi ''Odontartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Odontartemon'' includes: * West AfricaSu ...

'' Yen, 1939 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Odontartemon balingensis'' Tomlin, 1948: synonym of ''

Oophana balingensis ''Oophana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptaxinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oophana Ancey, 1884. Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' (Tomlin, 1948) (original combination) * ''Odontartemon fuchsianus'' (Gredler, 1881): synonym of ''

Indoartemon fuchsianus ''Indoartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Indoartemon Forcart, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http: ...

'' (Gredler, 1881) (unaccepted combination)

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Ancey, C. F. (1884). Sur les divisions proposées dans le genre Streptaxis. Le Naturaliste. 6(50): 399

Rowson, B. (2010). Systematics and diversity of the Streptaxidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ph.D. thesis, University of Wales, Cardiff. Pp. i–vii + 1–307
Streptaxidae {{Streptaxidae-stub