Paramontana
genus of molluscs
Paramontana is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was originally defined solely by the non-planctotrophic protoconch morphology of its species. It should be considered as a synonym of either Kermia or Pseudodaphnella
Species
Species within the genus Paramontana include:
Paramontana blanfordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Paramontana exilis (Pease, 1860)
Paramontana fusca Laseron, 1954
Paramontana mayana (Hedley, 1922)
Paramontana modesta (Angas, 1877)
Paramontana punicea (Hedley, 1922)
Paramontana rufozonata (Angas, 1877)
Species brought into synonymy
Paramontana oligoina (Hedley, 1922) : synonym of Pseudodaphnella oligoina Hedley, 1922
References
Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of molluscs. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10344612. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1875, 1860, 1954 and 1922.
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