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Genus of gastropods

Canaridiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
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.

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:

References

  1. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
Canaridiscus
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