Paramontana

Paramontana is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Paramontana
Paramontana punicea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Paramontana Laseron, 1954
Type species
Clathurella modesta Angas, 1877
Species
See text

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 ^[2]

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