Salinator

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

For the Roman consul, see Marcus Livius 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

See text

Diversity[2]
4 species and 3 incertae sedis

Distribution

This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.

Species

Species within the genus Salinator include:

Incertae sedis:

  • Salinator sanchezi (Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894)[2]
  • Salinator quoyana (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[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]

References
  1. Hedley C. (1900). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 25: 511.
  2. Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". Zootaxa 1476: 1-50. abstract.
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