Palaina

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Palaina
Shell of Palaina tuberosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Palaina
Semper, 1865[1]
Type species
Diplommatina macgillivrayi L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms[2]
  • Anostomella E. von Martens, 1867
  • Diplommatina (Palaina) O. Semper, 1865
  • Diplommatina (Pseudopalaina) Möllendorff, 1897
  • Eupalaina Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898
  • Macropalaina Möllendorff, 1897
  • Palaina (Macropalaina) Möllendorff, 1897 (junior synonym)
  • Palaina (Palaina) O. Semper, 1865· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa (Anostomella) E. von Martens, 1867
  • Pupoidea Pease, 1865

Palaina is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.[2]

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Palaina include:

* Palaina labeosa Neubert & Bouchet, 2015

References[edit]

  1. ^ Semper (1865). J. Conchyliol. 13: 291.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818445 on 2020-10-22
  • Yamazaki, K.; Yamazaki, M.; Ueshima, R. (2013). Systematic review of diplommatinid land snails (Caenogastropoda, Diplommatinidae) endemic to the Palau Islands.(1) Generic classification and revision of Hungerfordia species with highly developed axial ribs. Zootaxa. 3743(1), 1-71

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