Papilloderma

Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the informal group Sigmurethra.[3]

Papilloderma
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 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. Seddon, M.B. 2018. Papilloderma altonagai. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T16010A76142410. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T16010A76142410.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.
  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. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.


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