Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the informal group Sigmurethra.[3]
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| (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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| Papilloderma altonagai Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990[2]
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Papillodermidae | |
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]
References
edit- ^ Seddon, M.B. (2018). "Papilloderma altonagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T16010A76142410. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T16010A76142410.en. 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.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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