Aaadonta

Aaadonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Solem, 1976[1]

Aaadonta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae.[2][3][4] Specimens from this genus have been found in Palau and America.[5][6]

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Species

Species in the genus Aaadonta include:[7]

The genus was given its unusual name by the biologist Alan Solem, who wanted it to appear first in any alphabetical list of endodontid genera.[8][9] For animal genera, the first alphabetically listed name is Aaaba, which is a genus of beetles from Australia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Solem A. (29 October 1976) Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I. Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, page 467.
  2. ^ Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-10-12). Retrieved on 2010-09-27.
  3. ^ ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-27.
  4. ^ micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006. Starcentral.mbl.edu. Retrieved on 2010-09-27.
  5. ^ http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/search.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=23228742 Search results for Aaadonta
  6. ^ Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail. Ubio.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-27.
  7. ^ "Genus Aaadonta - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon". Universal Taxonomic Services. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=107225. Retrieved 2007-12-05. 
  8. ^ "Aaadonta and Zyzzyxdonta (terrestrial snails) both named by the late Alan Solem with the idea of being the first and the last entries in any list of endodontoid snails." - Shimek, R.L. in The Mollis Clans - A Celebration of Molluscan Diversity
  9. ^ Zoologische Mededelingen. Dpc.uba.uva.nl. Retrieved on 2010-09-27.

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