Canaridiscus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Canaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Discidae, the disk snails.[1]

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Canaridiscus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Genus: Canaridiscus
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011
Synonyms
  • Atlantica (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 (original rank)
  • Discus (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 ·
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Distribution

All species are endemic to the Canary Islands.

Taxonomy

Before promotion to full Genus, Canaridiscus was a subgenus, initially of Atlantica and later of Discus.

Species

Species within the genus Canaridiscus include:[1]

  • Canaridiscus anagaensis (Ibáñez & D. T. Holyoak, 2011)
  • Canaridiscus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Canaridiscus ganodus (Mabille, 1882)
  • Canaridiscus gomerensis (Rähle, 1994)
  • Canaridiscus kompsus (Mabille, 1883)
  • Canaridiscus laurisilvae (Allgaier & M. Klemm, 2012)
  • Canaridiscus putrescens (R. T. Lowe, 1861)
  • Canaridiscus retextus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Canaridiscus rupivagus (Rähle & Allgaier, 2011)
  • Canaridiscus saproxylophagus (M. R. Alonso, G. A. Holyoak & Yanes, 2011)
  • Canaridiscus scutulus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Canaridiscus textilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)

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