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Salinator

Salinator is a genus of small, air-breathing, terrestrial or semi-marine snails with an operculum, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Salinatorinae of the family Amphibolidae.

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Salinator
Shell of Salinator sanchezi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Amphiboloidea
Family: Amphibolidae
Genus: Salinator
Hedley, 19001
Type species
Ampullaria fragilis
Lamarck, 1822

Salinator is a genus of small, air-breathing, terrestrial or semi-marine snails with an operculum, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Salinatorinae of the family Amphibolidae.23

Distribution

This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.

Species

Species within the genus Salinator include:

  • Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822)2
  • † Salinator lawsae Ludbrook, 1978
  • † Salinator neozelanicus Laws, 1950
  • Salinator rhamphidius Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 20072
  • Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 20072
  • Salinator tectus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 20072
Taxa inquirenda
  • Salinator burmanus (Blanford, 1867):2
  • Salinator quoyanus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)2
  • Salinator sanchezi (Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894)2
Synonyms
  • Salinator maculatus (Mousson, 1865): synonym of Fijidoma maculata (Mousson, 1865) (new combination)
  • † Salinator neozelanica Laws, 1950: synonym of † Salinator neozelanicus Laws, 1950 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
  • Salinator rhamphidia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rhamphidius Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
  • Salinator rosacea Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
  • Salinator solida (Martens, 1878): synonym for Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)2
  • Salinator solidus (Martens, 1878): synonym of Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
  • Salinator swatowensis Yen, 1939: synonym of Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939)
  • Salinator takii Kuroda, 1928:synonym for Lactiforis takii (Kuroda, 1928)2
  • Salinator tecta Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator tectus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet)

In 2007, Golding, Ponder, and Byrne suggested that Salinator takii be moved into the newly erected genus Lactiforis, and that Salinator solidus be moved into the newly erected genus Phallomedusa, in a separate family called Phallomedusidae.2

References

References

  1. Hedley C. (1900). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 25: 511.
  2. Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". Zootaxa 1476: 1-50. abstract.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Salinator Hedley, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456510 on 2022-04-30
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