Taxon classification Animalia Mesogastropoda Diplommatinidae

Diplommatina paradoxa Crosse, 1867

Diplommatina paradoxa Crosse 1867, Journal de Conchyliologie, 15: 449 [in Oceania?].

Palaina (Palaina) paradoxa, - Kobelt 1902, Cyclophoridae: 400 [as a synonym of martensi].

Type material.

No type specimens in MNHN, probably lost.

Original description.

"T. sinistrorsa, subrimata, irregulariter ovato-conica, pellucida, tenuissime et oblique striatula, pallide luteocornea; spira oblongo-conica, apice obtusulo; sutura impressa; anfr. 5 1/2 convexi, subglobosi, embryonales 1 1/2 laeves, antepenultimus et penultimus inflati, ultimus angustior, devius, usque ad antepenul timum ascendens, et penultimi partem obtegens, valide costulato-striatus; apertura fere verticalis, rotundata, intus nitidula; perist. continuum, plica parietali (in adultis speciminibus) munitum, subduplicato-expansum, reflexum citrino-luteum.- Long. 3, diam. maj. 1 1\2 mill. Apert. diam. 1 mill.".

Remarks.

It is not clear whether Diplommatina paradoxa originates from Fiji or somewhere else. Due to the absence of type material and the imprecise original description, the correct identification is impossible.