Salinator
| Salinator | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Amphiboloidea |
| Family: | Amphibolidae |
| Genus: | Salinator Hedley, 1900[1] |
| Species | |
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| Diversity[2] | |
| 4 species and 3 incertae sedis | |
Salinator is a genus of small, air-breathing, terrestrial or semi-marine snails with an operculum, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Amphibolidae.[2]
Distribution
This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.
Species
Species within the genus Salinator include:
- Salinator burmana (Blanford, 1867):[2] species inquerenda
- Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822)[2]
- Salinator rhamphidia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[2]
- Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[2]
- Salinator tecta Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[2]
Synonyms:
- Salinator rosacea Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
- Salinator solida (Martens, 1878) is a synonym for Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)[2]
- Salinator solidus (Martens, 1878): synonym of Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
- Salinator swatowensis Yen, 1939: synonym of Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939)
- Salinator takii Kuroda, 1928 is a synonym for Lactiforis takii (Kuroda, 1928)[2]
In 2007, Golding, Ponder, and Byrne suggested that Salinator takii be moved into the newly erected genus Lactiforis, and that Salinator solidus be moved into the newly erected genus Phallomedusa, in a separate family called Phallomedusidae.[2]
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