Paramontana
Genus of gastropods
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Paramontana is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Paramontana | |
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| Paramontana punicea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Paramontana Laseron, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Clathurella modesta Angas, 1877 | |
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This genus was originally defined solely by the non-planctotrophic protoconch morphology of its species. It should be considered as a synonym of either Kermia or Pseudodaphnella [2]
Species
Species within the genus Paramontana include:
- Paramontana blanfordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
- Paramontana exilis (Pease, 1860)
- Paramontana fusca Laseron, 1954
- Paramontana mayana (Hedley, 1922)
- Paramontana modesta (Angas, 1877)
- Paramontana punicea (Hedley, 1922)
- Paramontana rufozonata (Angas, 1877)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Paramontana oligoina (Hedley, 1922) : synonym of Pseudodaphnella oligoina Hedley, 1922
