| Papilloderma altonagai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
informal group Pulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Papillodermatoidea Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2] |
| Family: | Papillodermatidae Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2] |
| Genus: | Papilloderma Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2] |
| Species: | P. altonagai |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilloderma altonagai Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2] |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Papillodermidae |
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Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the informal group Sigmurethra.[3]
Papilloderma altonagai is the only species in the genus Papilloderma.[2] It is the only genus within the family Papillodermatidae.[2] The family is the only family within the superfamily Papillodermatoidea.[3]
The generic name Papilloderma is composed from the prefix Papillo- that means "papilla" and from the suffix -derma from Greek language that means "skin". It is because the body has conical papillae arranged in rows.[2] The specific name altonagai is in honor of malacologist Dr. Kepa Altonaga from the University of the Basque Country, who have collected the first specimen of this species.[2]
This species is endemic to northern Spain.[2]