Papilloderma
Papilloderma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
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Class: | |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
informal group Pulmonata |
Superfamily: | Papillodermatoidea Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2]
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Family: | Papillodermatidae Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2]
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Genus: | Papilloderma Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2]
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Species: | P. altonagai
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Binomial name | |
Papilloderma altonagai Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2]
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Synonyms[3] | |
Papillodermidae |
Papilloderma altonagai is a
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 "
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
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ ISSN 0076-2997.