{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Paramontana punicea 001.jpg |image_caption = ''Paramontana punicea'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Paramontana |authority = Laseron, 1954 |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = |type_species = ''Clathurella modesta'' |type_species_authority = Angas, 1877 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}

'''''Paramontana''''' is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2018). Paramontana Laseron, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432530 on 2018-02-28</ref>

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'' <ref>[http://www.sevin.ru/laboratories/Marine_Invertebrates/fedosov/Fedosov_Puillandre_2012.pdf Fedosov, Alexander E., and Nicolas Puillandre. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia–Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development." Systematics and Biodiversity 10.4 (2012): 447-477]</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Paramontana'' include: * ''Paramontana blanfordi'' <small>(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)</small> * ''Paramontana exilis'' <small>(Pease, 1860)</small> * ''Paramontana fusca'' <small>Laseron, 1954</small> * ''Paramontana mayana'' <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small> * ''Paramontana modesta'' <small>(Angas, 1877)</small> * ''Paramontana punicea'' <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small> * ''Paramontana rufozonata'' <small>(Angas, 1877)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Paramontana oligoina'' <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small> : synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella oligoina'' <small>Hedley, 1922</small>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp.&nbsp;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. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151129211433/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308] * {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }} * [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmFamily/RAPHITOMIDAELS.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae] * [https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/n-species/ Grove, S.J. (2018). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania]

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Category:Paramontana Category:Taxa named by Charles Francis Laseron