Paludiscala de oro snail

Paludiscala de oro snail
Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Paludiscala caramba. The height of the shell is 2.5 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Paludiscala
Taylor, 1966
Species: P. caramba
Binomial name
Paludiscala caramba
Taylor, 1966

The paludiscala de oro snail, scientific name Paludiscala caramba, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to freshwater marshes in Coahuila State, Mexico.[2]

Paludiscala caramba is the only species in the genus Paludiscala. Its specific name is from a Spanish exclamation expressing surprise: "caramba". This name was given by its discoverer, the American malacologist Dwight Taylor, who said the name was a loose translation of his "original remarks at seeing the shells," which are surprisingly similar to those of a predominantly marine family, the wentletraps or Epitoniidae.[2]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Paludiscala caramba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  2. 1 2 Dance S. P. (July 2009). "A name is a name is a name: some thoughts and personal opinions about molluscan scientific names". Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden: Naturalis Museum. 83 (7): 565–576. ISSN 0024-0672. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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