Ventania Parodiz, 1940

Pizá, Julia, Cazzaniga, Néstor J. & Ghezzi, Natalia S., 2018, Redescription of Ventania avellanedae (Stylommatophora: Odontostomidae), a land snail endemic to the Ventania Mountain System, Argentina, Zoologia (e 17786) 35, pp. 1-11 : 2

Ventania Parodiz, 1940

Cyclodontina (Ventania) Parodiz, 1940 .

Type and only species. Ventania avellanedae ( Doering, 1881) .

Diagnosis. Shell elongate-ovate, rather thin, glossy, tawny to brown in color, whorls slightly convex, protoconch with axial ribs crossed by spiral lines, teleoconch with fine, irregular, radial wrinkles and wavy spiral striae; elongate-ovate aperture occupying ⅓ of the total shell length and lacking any fold or lamella; peristome slightly expanded and reflected. Short flagellum with the thin penis retractor muscle attached at its distal end. Epiphallus long and distally widened indicating the presence of an internal epiphallic gland. Penial papilla absent.