Papilloderma
Genus of gastropods
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Papilloderma altonagai is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the informal group Sigmurethra.[3]
| Papilloderma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | incertae sedis |
| 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] | |
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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]
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]
