Aaadonta
Encyclopedia
Aaadonta is a genus
of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae
. Specimens from this genus have been found in Palau
and America
.
The genus was given its unusual name by the biologist Alan Solem
, who wanted it to appear first in any alphabetical list of endodontid genera. For animal genera, the first alphabetically listed name is Aaaba
, which is a genus of beetles from Australia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae
Endodontidae
Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea....
. Specimens from this genus have been found in Palau
Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
and America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Species
Species in the genus Aaadonta include:- Aaadonta angauranaAaadonta angauranaAaadonta angaurana is a small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.-Distribution:...
- Aaadonta constrictaAaadonta constrictaAaadonta constricta is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is endemic to Palau.In 1976, Solem described two subspecies of Aaadonta constricta:*Aaadonta constricta babelthuapi...
- Aaadonta fuscozonataAaadonta fuscozonataAaadonta fuscozonata is a species of snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is endemic to Palau.A subspecies has been identified by Solem in 1976:*Aaadonta fuscozonata depressa-References:...
- Aaadonta irregularisAaadonta irregularisAaadonta irregularis is a species of snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is endemic to Palau.-References:...
- Aaadonta kinlochiAaadonta kinlochiAaadonta kinlochi is a species of snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is found in Palau.-References:...
- Aaadonta pelewanaAaadonta pelewanaAaadonta pelewana is a species of slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is found in Palau.-References:...
The genus was given its unusual name by the biologist Alan Solem
Alan Solem
Alan Solem, full name George Alan Solem was an American malacologist, a biologist who studied mollusks.He was one of the most renown land snail experts of his time and had earned a reputation for his comprehensive revisions of mainly terrestrial pulmonates...
, who wanted it to appear first in any alphabetical list of endodontid genera. For animal genera, the first alphabetically listed name is Aaaba
Aaaba
Aaaba is a genus of beetles from the Buprestidae family. It inhabits 3 locations along the east coast of Australia. It has been described by both Bellamy in 2002 and de Laubenfels in 1936...
, which is a genus of beetles from Australia.
Further reading
- Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem ... ; [collab.] Barbara K. Solem. Chicago, Ill. :Field Museum of Natural History, 1976.
- Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem. Chicago :Field museum of Natural History, 1982.
- Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History,[1930]-c1990.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, The Academy.
- Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1976: i-xii, 1-508. [Zoological Record Volume 115]