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Genus of gastropods

Papilloderma
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Family: Papillodermatidae
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990
Genus: Papilloderma
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990
Species: P. altonagai
Binomial name
Papilloderma altonagai
Wikton, Martin & Castillejo, 1990
Synonyms

Papillodermidae

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

Papilloderma altonagai is the only species in the genus Papilloderma, which is the only genus within the family Papillodermatidae, which in turn is the only family within the superfamily Papillodermatoidea.

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. 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.

Papilloderma is located in SpainPuerto de AlisasPuerto de AlisasSanctuario de CovadongaSanctuario de Covadongaclass=notpageimage| Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Papilloderma
Papilloderma altonagai


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