Salinator

For the Roman consul, see Marcus Livius Salinator.

Salinator
Shell of Salinator sanchezi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subcohort:	Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Amphiboloidea
Family:	Amphibolidae
Genus:	Salinator Hedley, 1900 [1]
Type species
Ampullaria fragilis Lamarck, 1822

Salinator is a genus of small, air-breathing, terrestrial or semi-marine snails with an operculum, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Salinatorinae of the family Amphibolidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.

Species

Species within the genus Salinator include:

• Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822) ^[2]
• † Salinator lawsae Ludbrook, 1978
• † Salinator neozelanicus Laws, 1950
• Salinator rhamphidius Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 ^[2]
• Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 ^[2]
• Salinator tectus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 ^[2]

Taxa inquirenda

• Salinator burmanus(Blanford, 1867): ^[2]
• Salinator quoyanus(Potiez & Michaud, 1838) ^[2]
• Salinator sanchezi(Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894) ^[2]

Synonyms

• Salinator maculatus(Mousson, 1865): synonym of Fijidoma maculata (Mousson, 1865) (new combination)
• † Salinator neozelanicaLaws, 1950: synonym of † Salinator neozelanicusLaws, 1950 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
• Salinator rhamphidiaGolding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rhamphidiusGolding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
• Salinator rosaceaGolding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
• Salinator solida(Martens, 1878): synonym for Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878) ^[2]
• Salinator solidus(Martens, 1878): synonym of Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
• Salinator swatowensisYen, 1939: synonym of Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939)
• Salinator takiiKuroda, 1928:synonym for Lactiforis takii (Kuroda, 1928) ^[2]
• Salinator tectaGolding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator tectusGolding, 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. ^[2]

References

1. Hedley C. (1900). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales25: 511.
2. Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". Zootaxa 1476: 1-50. abstract.
3. 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

External links

• GBIF