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.
Distribution
This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.
Species
Species within the genus Salinator include:
Taxa inquirenda:
- Salinator burmanus <small>(Blanford, 1867)</small>:
- Salinator quoyanus <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small>
- Salinator sanchezi <small>(Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894)</small>
Synonyms:
- Salinator maculatus <small>(Mousson, 1865)</small>: synonym of Fijidoma maculata <small>(Mousson, 1865)</small> (new combination)
- â Salinator neozelanica <small>Laws, 1950</small>: synonym of â Salinator neozelanicus <small>Laws, 1950</small> (incorrect gender of species epithet)
- Salinator rhamphidia <small>Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007</small>: synonym of Salinator rhamphidius <small>Golding, <small>Ponder & Byrne, 2007</small></small> (incorrect gender of species epithet)
- Salinator rosacea <small>Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007</small>: synonym of Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
- Salinator solida <small>(Martens, 1878)</small>: synonym for Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
- Salinator solidus <small>(Martens, 1878)</small>: synonym of Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
- Salinator swatowensis <small>Yen, 1939</small>: synonym of Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939)
- Salinator takii <small>Kuroda, 1928</small>:synonym for Lactiforis takii (Kuroda, 1928)
- Salinator tecta <small>Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007</small>: synonym of Salinator tectus <small>Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007</small> (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.
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