Canaridiscus
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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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Discidae |
| Genus: | 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)
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). Canaridiscus M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995315 on 2023-06-19
- Yanes, Yurena, Holyoak, Geraldine A., Holyoak, David T., Alonso, Maria R., Ibáñez, Miguel (2011): A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands. Zootaxa 2911: 43–49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203498
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