Radiodiscus hollidayi

Radiodiscus hollidayi is a minute species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Charopidae.

Radiodiscus hollidayi
Five views of a shell of Radiodiscus hollidayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Charopidae
Genus:
Radiodiscus
Species:
R. hollidayi
Binomial name
Radiodiscus hollidayi
Rutherford, 2020[1]

Distribution

This species is currently only known from the island of Trinidad in Trinidad & Tobago.[1]

The type locality is alongside the North Coast Road, San Juan-Laventille region, Trinidad, in leaf litter.

References
  1. Rutherford, M. G. (2020). A new species of Radiodiscus (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae) from Trinidad and Tobago. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 149 (1): 67-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/149/067-074
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