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ANNOTATED NOMENCLATOR of EXTANT and FOSSIL TAXA of the PALUDOMIDAE (CAENOGASTROPODA, CERITHIOIDEA) Marco T ISSN 1313-2970 (online) ISSN 1313-2989 (print) A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 850 2019 Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The family Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868 has a range from tropical sub- Saharan Africa and Madagascar to South and Southeast Asia. Genus-level by diversity of African paludomids is concentrated in the Lake Tanganyika CERITHIOIDEA) (CAENOGASTROPODA, PALUDOMIDAE THE OF TAXA FOSSIL AND EXTANT OF NOMENCLATOR ANNOTATED Marco T. Neiber, Matthias Glaubrecht Matthias Neiber, T. Marco basin and surrounding rivers and streams, with only two genera recorded ANNOTATED NOMENCLATOR from the remaining parts of Africa. Only a single genus (with four subgen- OF EXTANT AND FOSSIL TAXA era) is currently accepted for Asian representatives. The striking diversity of shell forms in Lake Tanganyika has led to the introduction of a large OF THE PALUDOMIDAE number of names, most of which introduced by Jules René Bourguignat (CAENOGASTROPODA, at the end of the 19th century who is well known as an excessive split- ter. Taxonomic redundancy is expected to be high in the group, however, CERITHIOIDEA) comprehensive revisions and/or overviews of the taxonomic diversity are BY lacking for most Paludomidae. MARCO T. NEIBER, MAttHIAS GLAUBRECHT To facilitate systematic research on the family, this nomenclator provides bibliographic details on all names introduced in the family-, genus-, and species-group. All nomenclaturally available names are discussed includ- ing junior homonyms and objective junior synonyms as well as unavail- able names such as nomina nuda, infrasubspecific names and, to some extent, also incorrect subsequent spellings. In the family-group a total of 28 names are included in the nomenclator. 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