Phallomedusa, Golding, Rosemary E., Ponder, Winston F. & Byrne, Maria, 2007

Golding, Rosemary E., Ponder, Winston F. & Byrne, Maria, 2007, Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata), Zootaxa 1476, pp. 1-50 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176773
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6240290
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F887BA-9912-5427-118F-C354FEBBF935
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Phallomedusa
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Phallomedusa View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species Amphibola solida Martens, 1878 .

Etymology: Phallos (Greek—penis), Medusa (Greek—gorgon) typically depicted with snake-like hair reminiscent of the tentacle-like appendages on the penises of this genus. Diagnosis: As for family.

Remarks: This genus contains the species formerly recognised as Salinator solida and a new species described below.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
SubClass	Heterobranchia
Order	Pulmonata
Family	Amphibolidae

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