Papilloderma

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

Papilloderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

informal group Pulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Papillodermatoidea

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Family:
Papillodermatidae

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Genus:
Papilloderma

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Species:
P. altonagai
Binomial name
Papilloderma altonagai
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Synonyms

Papillodermidae

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.

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.

Puerto de Alisas
Sanctuario de Covadonga
Distribution of Papilloderma altonagai

This species is endemic to northern Spain.

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