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Afrodonta Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908
995317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995317)
accepted
Genus
Afrodonta bilamellaris Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908 (type by subsequent designation)
Endodonta (Afrodonta) Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908 · unaccepted
- Species Afrodonta bilamellaris Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908
- Species Afrodonta connollyi Solem, 1970
- Species Afrodonta farquhari (Burnup, 1912)
- Species Afrodonta geminodonta D. G. Herbert, 2020
- Species Afrodonta inhluzaniensis (Burnup, 1912)
- Species Afrodonta mystica D. G. Herbert, 2020
- Species Afrodonta novemlamellaris (Burnup, 1912)
- Species Afrodonta pentodon D. G. Herbert, 2020
- Species Afrodonta unilamellaris Connolly, 1933
- Species Afrodonta acinaces Connolly, 1933 accepted as Costulodonta acinaces (Connolly, 1933) (original combination)
- Species Afrodonta bimunita Connolly, 1939 accepted as Amatholedonta bimunita (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
- Species Afrodonta burnupi Connolly, 1933 accepted as Costulodonta burnupi (Connolly, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Afrodonta introtuberculata Connolly, 1933 accepted as Phialodonta introtuberculata (Connolly, 1933) (original combination)
- Species Afrodonta kempi (Connolly, 1925) accepted as Endodonta kempi Connolly, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Afrodonta perfida (Burnup, 1912) accepted as Phialodonta perfida (Burnup, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Afrodonta rotula (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907) accepted as Phialodonta perfida (Burnup, 1912) (replaced junior secondary homonym)
- Species Afrodonta trilamellaris Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908 accepted as Costulodonta trilamellaris (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Including anatomical descriptions of two new genera (<i>Afrodonta</i>, M. & P., and <i>Peltatus</i>, G.-A.) by Lt.-Col. H.H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (2): 129-136, pl. 7-8. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295838
page(s): 133-134. [details]
page(s): 133-134. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrodonta Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995317 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Including anatomical descriptions of two new genera (<i>Afrodonta</i>, M. & P., and <i>Peltatus</i>, G.-A.) by Lt.-Col. H.H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (2): 129-136, pl. 7-8. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295838
page(s): 133-134. [details]
additional source Herbert, D. G. (2020). Revision of the aperturally dentate Charopidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) of southern Africa – genus <em>Afrodonta s. lat.</em>, with description of five new genera, twelve new species and one new subspecies. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em>629: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.629 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 249. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Salvador, R. B. (2022). Phylogenetic position of African punctoid snails (Stylommatophora, Punctoidea, Trachycystinae). <em>Taxonomy.</em> 2(2): 227-235. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Godwin-Austen, H.H. (1908). Notes in the anatomy of Afrodonta. In Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908 Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 1: 135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295843
page(s): 135. [details]
page(s): 133-134. [details]
additional source Herbert, D. G. (2020). Revision of the aperturally dentate Charopidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) of southern Africa – genus <em>Afrodonta s. lat.</em>, with description of five new genera, twelve new species and one new subspecies. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em>629: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.629 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 249. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Salvador, R. B. (2022). Phylogenetic position of African punctoid snails (Stylommatophora, Punctoidea, Trachycystinae). <em>Taxonomy.</em> 2(2): 227-235. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Godwin-Austen, H.H. (1908). Notes in the anatomy of Afrodonta. In Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908 Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 1: 135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295843
page(s): 135. [details]
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