Papilloderma altonagai

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

informal group Pulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

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]

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]

This species is named in honor of Dr. Kepa Altonaga (2009), biologist from the University of the Basque Country.

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]

Puerto de Alisas
Sanctuario de Covadonga
Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Papilloderma altonagai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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