''Salinator'' is a
genus
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of small, air-breathing,
terrestrial
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or semi-
marine snail
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s with an
operculum,
pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Salinatorinae of the
family
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Amphibolidae
Amphibolidae is a family of air-breathing snails with opercula, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
This family of pulmonate gastropods, for breathe air, but also have opercula and at least some species go through a free-swimming velig ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Salinator Hedley, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456510 on 2022-04-30]
Distribution
This genus occurs in
Australia
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and
South East Asia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Salinator'' include:
* ''
Salinator fragilis''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...
, 1822)
* † ''
Salinator lawsae''
Ludbrook, 1978
* † ''
Salinator neozelanicus''
Laws, 1950
* ''
Salinator rhamphidius''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
* ''
Salinator rosaceus''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
* ''
Salinator tectus''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Salinator burmanus''
(Blanford, 1867):
* ''Salinator quoyanus''
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
* ''Salinator sanchezi''
(Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894)
;Synonyms:
* ''Salinator maculatus''
(Mousson, 1865): synonym of ''
Fijidoma maculata''
(Mousson, 1865) (new combination)
* † ''Salinator neozelanica''
Laws, 1950: synonym of † ''Salinator neozelanicus''
Laws, 1950 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
* ''Salinator rhamphidia''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of ''Salinator rhamphidius''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
* ''Salinator rosacea''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of ''Salinator rosaceus'' Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
* ''Salinator solida''
(Martens, 1878): synonym for ''
Phallomedusa solida'' (Martens, 1878)
* ''Salinator solidus''
(Martens, 1878): synonym of ''
Phallomedusa solida'' (Martens, 1878)
* ''Salinator swatowensis''
Yen, 1939: synonym of ''
Naranjia swatowensis'' (Yen, 1939)
* ''Salinator takii''
Kuroda, 1928:synonym for ''
Lactiforis takii'' (Kuroda, 1928)
* ''Salinator tecta''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of ''Salinator tectus''
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
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.
[Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". '']Zootaxa
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'' 1476: 1-50
abstract
References
External links
GBIF
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Amphibolidae
Gastropod genera