Papillodermatidae

<i>Papilloderma</i>

Papilloderma

Genus of gastropods

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

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
Puerto de Alisas
Sanctuario de Covadonga
Sanctuario de Covadonga
Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.[2]

References

  1. [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. [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. [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.


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