Papilloderma

Papilloderma
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[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[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 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

Sanctuario de Covadonga

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Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.^[2]

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.