Palaina

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Palaina
Diplommatina tuberosa (MNHN-IM-2000-26707) 002.jpeg
Shell of Palaina tuberosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Palaina
Semper, 1865 [1]
Type species
Diplommatina macgillivrayiL. Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms [2]
  • AnostomellaE. von Martens, 1867
  • Diplommatina (Palaina)O. Semper, 1865
  • Diplommatina (Pseudopalaina)Möllendorff, 1897
  • EupalainaKobelt & Möllendorff, 1898
  • MacropalainaMöllendorff, 1897
  • Palaina (Macropalaina)Möllendorff, 1897 (junior synonym)
  • Palaina (Palaina)O. Semper, 1865· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa (Anostomella)E. von Martens, 1867
  • PupoideaPease, 1865

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

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Species

Species in the genus Palaina include:

* Palaina labeosa Neubert & Bouchet, 2015

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References

  1. Semper (1865). J. Conchyliol.13: 291.
  2. 1 2 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