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Papilloderma

Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the informal group Sigmurethra.

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Papilloderma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Papillodermatoidea
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 19902
Family: Papillodermatidae
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 19902
Genus: Papilloderma
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 19902
Species:
P. altonagai
Binomial name
Papilloderma altonagai
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 19902
Synonyms3

Papillodermidae

Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc 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. source ↗

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

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Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.2

References

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 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.