Aaadonta

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name = "Aaadonta"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
familia = Endodontidae
genus = "Aaadonta"
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"Aaadonta" is a genus of slugs of the family Endodontidae, of the infraorder Stylommatophora

Species: [cite web |url=http://www.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=107225 |title=Genus Aaadonta - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon |publisher=Universal Taxonomic Services |accessdate=2007-12-05]
* "Aaadonta angaurana"
* "Aaadonta constricta"
* "Aaadonta fuscozonata"
* "Aaadonta irregularis"
* "Aaadonta kinlochi"
* "Aaadonta pelewana"

The genus was given its unusual name by the biologist Alan Solem, who wanted it to be first in any list of endodontid genera. ["Aaadonta and Zyzzyxdonta (terrestrial snails) both named by the late Alan Solem with the idea of being the first and the last entries in any list of endodontoid snails." - Shimek, R.L. in [http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/rs/index.php "The Mollis Clans - A Celebration of Molluscan Diversity"] ]

See also

Zyzzyxdonta

References