Paramontana Explained

Paramontana is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

This genus was originally defined solely by the non-planctotrophic protoconch morphology of its species. It should be considered as a synonym of either Kermia or Pseudodaphnella ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Paramontana include:

• Paramontana blanfordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
• Paramontana exilis (Pease, 1860)
• Paramontana fusca Laseron, 1954
• Paramontana mayana (Hedley, 1922)
• Paramontana modesta (Angas, 1877)
• Paramontana punicea (Hedley, 1922)
• Paramontana rufozonata (Angas, 1877)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Paramontana oligoina (Hedley, 1922) : synonym of Pseudodaphnella oligoina Hedley, 1922

References

• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
• Grove, S.J. (2018). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Paramontana Laseron, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432530 on 2018-02-28
2. http://www.sevin.ru/laboratories/Marine_Invertebrates/fedosov/Fedosov_Puillandre_2012.pdf Fedosov, Alexander E., and Nicolas Puillandre. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia–Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development." Systematics and Biodiversity 10.4 (2012): 447-477