Canaridiscus

Canaridiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 ·

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

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

  1. 1 2 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.