Papilloderma altonagai
| Papilloderma altonagai | |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Papillodermidae | |
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] which is the only genus within the family Papillodermatidae,[2] which in turn 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". This name was chosen because the body has conical papillae arranged in rows.[2] The specific name altonagai is in honor of the malacologist Dr. Kepa Altonaga from the University of the Basque Country, who collected the first specimen of this species.[2]
This species is endemic to northern Spain.[2]
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Papilloderma altonagai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wiktor A., Martin R. & Castillejo J. (1990). "A new slug family Papillodermidae with description of a new genus and species from Spain (Gastropoda, Pulmonata terrestria nuda)". Malakologische Abhandlungen Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 15(1): 1-18.
- 1 2 3 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.