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.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Salinator Hedley, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456510 on 2022-04-30
Distribution This genus occurs in Australia and South East Asia.
Species Species within the genus Salinator include: Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822) † Salinator lawsae Ludbrook, 1978 † Salinator neozelanicus Laws, 1950 Salinator rhamphidius Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 Salinator tectus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
Taxa inquirenda Salinator burmanus (Blanford, 1867): Salinator quoyanus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Salinator sanchezi (Qadras & Möllendorf, 1894)
Synonyms Salinator maculatus (Mousson, 1865): synonym of Fijidoma maculata (Mousson, 1865) (new combination) † Salinator neozelanica Laws, 1950: synonym of † Salinator neozelanicus Laws, 1950 (incorrect gender of species epithet) Salinator rhamphidia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rhamphidius Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (incorrect gender of species epithet) Salinator rosacea Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator rosaceus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 Salinator solida (Martens, 1878): synonym for Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878) Salinator solidus (Martens, 1878): synonym of Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878) Salinator swatowensis Yen, 1939: synonym of Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939) Salinator takii Kuroda, 1928:synonym for Lactiforis takii (Kuroda, 1928) Salinator tecta Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007: synonym of Salinator tectus Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 (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.Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". Zootaxa 1476: 1-50. abstract.
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External links GBIF